PENNSYLVANIA COMP CARRIER RECOVERS FULL LIEN AFTER ADVISING PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL THAT LIEN WAS MUCH SMALLER: Janelle Newsome, Petitioner v. City of Philadelphia (Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd.), Respondent, 2024 WL 3406202 (Pa. Commw. 2024).

In a rare example of how strong a workers’ compensation statutory lien can be, a Pennsylvania appellate court affirmed a ruling by a Workers’ Compensation Judge (affirmed by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB)) in which a workers’ compensation carrier…

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