WORKERS' COMPENSATION PRACTICE GROUP

EXPERTISE BASED ON EXPERIENCE

BODELL, BOVÉ, GRACE & VAN HORN regularly represents self-insured employers, insurers and third party administrators in connection with claims presented under the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act. We represent our clients throughout the state, defending employee Claim Petitions, Fatal Claim Petitions and Reinstatement Petitions, as well as prosecuting Petitions to Terminate, Modify and Suspend Compensation Benefits.

The Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act underwent sweeping changes throughout the 1990s. In 1993 the Pennsylvania legislature enacted Act 44, which amended the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act and provided effective medical cost containment legislation. The medical cost of a Workers' Compensation claim has decreased dramatically since the enactment of Act 44. In 1995 the legislature passed Act I, which has very effectively reduced the cost of claims presented for occupational noise induced hearing loss. In 1996 the legislature enacted Act 57, which streamlined methods for modifying from total to partial disability compensation and provided offsets to the employer for unemployment compensation, social security retirement benefits, severance pay, and certain types of pension payments. Act 57 also reformed the method by which average weekly wage is calculated and in many cases reduced the total disability and partial disability compensation rates.

Workers' Compensation is a highly technical area of the law, comprised of statute, Bureau regulation and decisional case law. This is an area of the law where there is certainly no substitute for experience.

A RECORD OF SUCCESS

Our Workers' Compensation Practice Group is Chaired by Martin J. Fallon, Jr. who for more than twenty-five years has limited his practice of law to the defense of Workers' Compensation claims on behalf of Pennsylvania employers, insurers and third party administrators. Our Workers' Compensation attorneys have successfully represented our clients before the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. BODELL, BOVÉ, GRACE & VAN HORN has the experience necessary to provide you with a successful defense to all forms of Petition and to guide you through the intricacies of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Law.