The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer’s refusal to negotiate the amount of its subrogation lien does not constitute deliberate bad faith conduct that could result in the modification, reduction or waiver of its lien.
Case: Mondragon v. Jo Jo Pizza, No. 174 C.D. 2024, 01/06/2025, published.
Facts and procedural history: Martha Mondragon worked for Jo Jo Pizza. She slipped and fell in the parking lot of her workplace in February 2016.
Mondragon filed a workers’ compensation claim, which she later settled for $70,000. This amount included a 20% fee paya...
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