Practice Area Category: Case Study

An employee from Lebanon, PA, working at a call center for CNA Financial Corporation, sustained a work injury described as “neck, low back, wrist, low back surgery” in August 2011, which the insurance carrier, CNA Claim Plus, accepted. The insurance carrier filed a Termination Petition in April 2013 alleging that the injured worker was fully recovered from her work injury based upon the IME opinion of Dr. S. Ross Noble.

Roy from Lebanon, PA, working as a truck driver for Labor Ready, sustained a work injury described as a low back sprain and strain in June 2011, which the insurance carrier, Chartis Claims, accepted. We filed a Review Petition seeking to have the accepted description of injury be amended to include a fracture of T-12.

An auto technician and body frame worker from Lancaster, PA sustained a work injury described as left shoulder rotator cuff tear in January 2013 which the insurance carrier accepted. Without the need for litigation, the future benefits were ultimately settled for $150,000 via a compromise and release.

An employee from Fredericksburg, PA, working as an air freight employee and truck driver, sustained a work injury in June 1995, which the insurance carrier accepted as a low back strain. Many years later, the insurance carrier filed a Suspension Petition alleging that the injured worker was offered a suitable job within his restrictions and he refused to return to work.

An employee from Three Springs, PA, working as a heavy equipment operator, sustained a work injury described as a cervical strain / sprain in July 2010, which the insurance carrier, Gallagher Bassett Services, accepted. We filed a Review Petition seeking to have the description of the neck injury amended to include a right shoulder injury, carpal tunnel injury and a disfigurement claim.

An employee from Milton, PA, working as a cement truck driver, sustained a work injury described as a right shoulder tear in January 2012, which the insurance carrier accepted. The injured worker contacted us after the insurance carrier contacted him to discuss the settlement of his claim. The case ultimately settled for $185,000 via a compromise and release.

A Union employee from Hershey, PA, working for Hershey Entertainment & Resort, sustained a work injury described as a neck strain/sprain in March 2014, which the insurance carrier, Sedgwick, accepted. The injured worker had been working light duty part-time under restrictions imposed by her doctor.

An employee from Harrisburg, PA, working as a sales representative for Comcast, sustained a work injury described as a right side of face contusion in June 2014 which the insurance carrier, Liberty Mutual, accepted and began paying weekly wage loss benefits.

A truck driver sustained a work injury described as a left upper extremity fracture with radiculopathy in June 2014, which the insurance carrier, CCMSI, accepted. The insurance carrier issued a Notification of Suspension alleging that the injured worker had returned to work at earnings equal to or greater than his time-of-injury earnings and we filed an Employee Challenge Petition regarding the suspension.

An employee from Dillsburg, PA, working as a Harrisburg-area territory manager for Arbor Pharmaceuticals, sustained a work injury described as a low back herniation. We filed a Claim Petition for the injured worker because the insurance carrier, Twin City Fire Insurance Co., had denied his claim.