Worker's Former Attorney Not Entitled to Additional Fees

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker’s former attorney had been adequately compensated for his services and that the worker was entitled to replace him. Case: Puricelli v. Kolbas, No. 1440 C.D. 2023, 12/23/2025, published. Facts and procedural history: Georgia Kolbas worked for the City of Philadelphia. She suffered a tick bite while working in May 2014 and developed Lyme disease. Kolbas hired attorney Brian Puricelli to pursue a workers’ compensation claim, and in March 2016, a workers’ compensation judge approved of his receiving a ...