This decision was issued by the Commonwealth Court yesterday. They found that failing to file a document accepting my client’s injury within 21 days of his notice to them was a violation of the Workers Compensation Act and required the insurance company to pay my attorney fees as a penalty for what is known as an unreasonable contest.
This decision makes precedent in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for all insurance companies to file these documents or suffer the same penalty of having to pay attorneys fees for an unreasonable contest.
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Attorney John A. Bednarz, Jr. a resident of Shavertown, who maintains an office in Wilkes-Barre, is honored to announce that he has been selected a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2020.
Bednarz Law Offices is also pleased to announce that Philadelphia Magazine has for twelve consecutive years from 2009-2020, named John A. Bednarz, Jr., as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the field of Workers’ Compensation law. Only five percent of Pennsylvania lawyers obtain the status of Super Lawyer. Since 1991 Bednarz has been a Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney as recognized by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is the only claimant’s attorney practicing in Wilkes-Barre named a Super Lawyer in the practice area of Workers’ Compensation.
Attorney Bednarz represents only injured workers.
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, “is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.”
Attorney Bednarz was a member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice from 1988 until 2017. He was also honored in 2011 by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice with the receipt of the George F. Douglas Amicus Curiae Award for his outstanding appellate advocacy as an Amicus Brief Writer primarily on important Workers’ Compensation topics before the Commonwealth Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Kings College in 1975 in government and politics, his Juris Doctor degree from the Villanova University School of Law in 1978, and also earned a Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing in 2006 from Wilkes University.
He has been practicing law in Wilkes-Barre since 1978, and in addition to Workers’ Compensation, his law practice also includes representation of injured people in auto accidents, trucking crashes, defective products, Social Security Disability, and Federal Black Lung claims.
Honored to be nominated by my peers to 2020 Best Lawyers in Pennsylvania in the Workers Compensation Law category
Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!
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April 2 at 5:50 PM ·
Want to let all of my clients past, present and future know I am conducting business remotely from home with access to my main office phone line at 570-821-0480 and using my email at john@ bednarzlawoffices.com. If you have any questions or issues please feel free to call or email me and I can retrieve those calls and messages at home. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need to do so. I am here to help as best as I can under the circumstances.
Stay home and stay safe!
Bednarz Law Offices
April 2 at 5:50 PM ·
Want to let all of my clients past, present and future know I am conducting business remotely from home with access to my main office phone line at 570-821-0480 and using my email at john@ bednarzlawoffices.com. If you have any questions or issues please feel free to call or email me and I can retrieve those calls and messages at home. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need to do so. I am here to help as best as I can under the circumstances.
Stay home and stay safe!
Want to let all of my clients past, present and future know I am conducting business remotely from home with access to my main office phone line at 570-821-0480 and using my email at john@ bednarzlawoffices.com. If you have any questions or issues please feel free to call or email me and I can retrieve those calls and messages at home. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need to do so. I am here to help as best as I can under the circumstances.
Stay home and stay safe!
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Want to let all of my clients past, present and future know I am conducting business remotely from home with access to my office phone and using my email at john@ bednarzlawoffices.com. If you have any questions or issues please feel free to call or email me and I can retrieve those calls and messages at home. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need to do so. I am here to help as best as I can under the circumstances.
Stay home and stay safe!
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