The Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Act requires employers to pay employees in “lawful money of the United States” or by “check.” [“Check” is defined to include direct deposit to an employee’s…

Healthcare will be an important issue for employers and individuals in the upcoming presidential election, and, given its relevance to one of my practice areas, I decided to summarize the candidates’ current…

As employee medical insurance costs continue to increase, many employers have developed “Wellness Programs” designed to encourage employees to engage in a more active, healthier life-style. Many employers offer weight loss, smoking…

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has just approved the use of “Named Driver Only” insurance policies. Byoung Suk an v. Vict. Fire & Cas. Co., 2015 PA Super 84; 2015 Pa. Super. LEXIS 185, (2015).…

As employee medical insurance costs continue to increase, many employers have developed “Wellness Programs” designed to encourage employees to engage in a more active, healthier life-style. Many employers offer weight loss, smoking…

With a fact pattern right out of the Terrantino cult classic film “Pulp Fiction”, Moncrief v. Nationwide involved a creative attempt by a plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer to establish insurance coverage for the criminal…

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just granted allowance of appeal in Nertavich v. PPL Elec Utilities a case which involved the reversal of a $2.5 Million verdict on the basis that the property owner…

Featured, The Legal Intelligencer (June 15, 2015). 

In Mut. Benefit Ins. Co. v. Politsopoulos, 2015 Pa. LEXIS 1126, 21-22 (Pa. May 26, 2015), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that an additional insured under a commercial general liability policy is entitled to…

In the case of Lozado v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd., the Commonwealth Court addressed whether Section 305 of the Workers Compensation Act bars a claim for benefits against an uninsured employer when the…