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I love it when people read my mind. I also love it when I have a guest blogger. So today’s post is a happy constellation of circumstance, thanks to Kim Harrison of Marshall, Dennehy. Kim contacted me yesterday on the very case that was slated for...

What do a crockpot and a paycheck have in common? In this case they were two items that brought the claimant into her employer, Boscovs, on her day off. And this being my case on behalf of the employer, the fact that claimant used her employee discount...

Today is all about me……. (Just kidding.... well, kinda, sorta)….. I offer you two very recent rulings on course and scope, both of which are mine. In the interest of parity, and lest you think I only profile my wins, we have one which...

You just have to love that rare and special intersection where our law practice comes smack up against a little afternoon delight. My posts of 4/23/12 (Kangaroo Court) , 4/25/12 (A Roll in the Hay) , and 4/27/12 (A Head-Banging Good Time) heralded the...

Today we have a guest blogger, claimant lawyer Sheldon Saints. He presents what we lawyers call a Reese case where priors are indicated and the issue is whether a work event aggravated, accelerated or exacerbated the work injury in question. I had asked...

I recently put a call out for case law guidance on certain of the more obscure permanency values. One of them was the vascular system. And lo and behold, right on top of things was Walt Schmittinger with John Lowman v. Connectiv Power Delivery , IAB#1188166...

While I was in London I heard from my good friend Joe Klusman. Pictured above is the Klusman Klan at what I think is a wedding—aren’t they just dressed to the nines? I am delighted to feature Joe and his crew as a bit of a change from my usual...

Folks, this is what many of you have been waiting for. The latest word from the Supremes on whether describing the nature of injury on an Agreement as to Compensation tendered by the Employer to include the word “resolved” precludes a future...

For the background, check out my post of 9/6/11, titled A Different Kind of Miracle on 34th Street…. And DE IAB Makes Postage Law . This case had to do with the issue of a work comp policy which had lapsed, with a reinstatement check being mailed...

It’s in the bag—urine that is. And can you even begin to guess why this claimant was wearing a bag of urine? I will let the ever-victorious Cheryl Ward tell it (eventually), but before I do, I just cannot contain myself--this case is a veritable...

Today’s cautionary tale comes from my partner Natalie Wolf who sent me a copy of Andres Urdaneta v. Trader Joes , IAB# 1419092 (3/10/15)(ORDER) . The matter came to the Board on an opposed request for a continuance being advanced by the employer...

You gotta love Nick Krayer. He initially came to us as “new hot guy” and then he was “newly engaged guy” and now he is a blogger wannabe and Gary Nitsche protégé. Heck, he may even be married by now……...

Today’s selection is from Don Marston of Doroshow Pasquale et al. Here is what Don has to say: Here is what I believe to be the latest entry in the battle of low back perm vs. lower extremity perm. There are a couple of interesting aspects...

Big doings in Slower Lower……which is what we Northerners affectionately call our lower two counties, also sometimes known as “below the canal.” The current Kent/Sussex County downstate Industrial Accident Board location in Milford...

How do you solve a problem like Maria? Not only is that one of my favorite songs from The Sound of Music, but that also has to be resounding through the claimant bar in the wake of today’s case, Thomas Kapa v. City of Wilmington , IAB#1406213 (7...