Experience

• Successfully obtained a Section 20 settlement for $2,500 in which a motion for medical treatment was litigated and abandoned by petitioner, after proffer of evidence by the respondent that petitioner sustained a non-work related injury immediately prior to the filing of the claim.  Petitioner could not sustain his burden of proof.

• Successfully resolved a total disability claim involving the amputation of a foot.  The case settled for $25,000 Section 20 after protracted litigation and proffer of medical evidence demonstrated that petitioner’s foot infection and amputation was a result of pre-existing diabetes and not from calluses allegedly caused by required work boots.

• The Court granted dismissal with prejudice in favor of homeowners for a lack of employment following trial testimony of the homeowners, co-respondent and petitioner.  The homeowners were impleaded into the case during a Motion for Medical Treatment.