Chartwell founding partner, Andrew E. Greenberg, submits Amicus Curiae briefs to the Pennsylvania Superior Court addressing recent attempts by plaintiffs to create an “intentional tort exception” to the “exclusive remedy” provision of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act .

Chartwell founding partner Andrew E. Greenberg recently completed submission of Amicus Curiae briefs in three appellate matters pending before the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The three cases Crooks v. Alcoa, Inc, Sedlacek v. Alcoa, Inc and Ranalli v. Rohm and Haas, involve civil tort actions filed by representatives of former employees who allegedly developed forms of cancer as a consequence of occupational exposures. The lawsuits appear to signal a renewed determination on the part of the Pennsylvania plaintiffs’ bar to establish a viable “intentional tort exception” to the well-established “exclusive remedy” provision of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act. That provision has prohibited injured employees from pursuing civil damages against their employers. Mr. Greenberg was retained by the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, Inc. to prepare and file briefs in support of the positions being advanced by Alcoa and Rohm and Haas. Mr. Greenberg’s submission traces the history of the Act and the evolution and judicial treatment of the exclusive remedy provision.

 

To review the brief that Mr. Greenberg has prepared, please CLICK HERE.