PA Commonwealth Court Session from Harrisburg recorded on February 9, 2022
00:30 - >>WELCOME TO
00:31 - COMMONWEALTH COURT AND THE UN
00:33 - VAN ARGUMENTS.
00:38 - FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T
00:40 - BEEN HERE BEFORE HAVEN'T BEEN
00:41 - HERE IN A WHILE JUST
00:43 - A REMINDER
00:45 - THE UNBOUND ARGUMENTS ALLOW 15
00:48 - MINUTES OF ARGUMENT
00:49 - PER SIDE. IF THERE'S MORE THAN
00:51 - ONE ATTORNEY IT'S GOING TO BE
00:53 - ARGUING PLEASE RANGE AND SPLIT
00:56 - YOUR TIME BEFORE YOU COME UP.
00:59 - THE OF HEALING PARTY IS
01:00 - ENTITLED
01:00 - TO REVIVAL. SO PLEASE ADVISE
01:03 - THE COURT IF YOU WISH TO
01:04 - RESERVE ANY REBUTTAL TIME
01:06 - BEFORE YOU BEGIN.
01:08 - AS YOU ALL KNOW THIS IS A HIGH
01:10 - COURT. AND
01:13 - 15 MINUTES, I KNOW IS NOT A LOT
01:15 - OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO
01:17 - FULLY EXPRESS ALL OF THE ISSUES
01:20 - AND PROVIDE EVERYTHING THAT YOU
01:21 - WANT
01:21 - TO SAY SO PLEASE GET RIGHT TO
01:24 - THE POINT AND WE WILL.
01:28 - UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T NEED TO.
01:31 - GIVE US ANY OF THE BACKGROUND.
01:35 - FIRST CASE ON OUR
01:36 - LIST IS THE OPEN PA SCHOOLS AT
01:39 - ALL PETITIONERS VERSUS THE
01:41 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AT ALL.
01:45 - PETITIONERS SEEK A DECLARATION
01:47 - FROM
01:47 - THIS COURT THAT THE DEPARTMENT
01:49 - OF EDUCATION'S GUIDANCE
01:51 - REGARDING THE 180 DAY MINIMUM
01:53 - NUMBER OF INSTRUCTION DAYS
01:55 - UNDER THE CONDITIONS CAUSED BY
01:57 - THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND
02:00 - ITS GUIDANCE REGARDING THE
02:02 - INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS USE DURING
02:04 - REMOTE LEARNING SOME AREAS ARE
02:06 - VOID UNDER THE PUBLIC
02:08 - SCHOOL CODE PETITIONER'S
02:10 - REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT TO
02:11 - ISSUE NEW GUIDANCE
02:13 - STATING THAT ONLY IN-PERSON
02:15 - CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION SHELL
02:17 - COUNT TOWARDS THE MINIMUM
02:19 - 180 DAYS REQUIREMENT SAID FOR
02:22 - THE IN THE CODE. THE DEPARTMENT
02:24 - HAS FILED
02:25 - PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS. I'M
02:27 - DOING THAT PETITIONERS LACK
02:29 - STANDING BECAUSE THEY FAILED TO
02:30 - PLEAD FACTS TO ESTABLISH DIRECT
02:33 - IMMEDIATE AND
02:34 - SUBSTANTIAL INJURY. THEN IT
02:36 - DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO
02:37 - GRANT THE RELIEF REQUESTED
02:39 - BY PETITIONERS BECAUSE ONLY
02:41 - INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
02:43 - NOT THE DEPARTMENT
02:44 - MAY DETERMINE THE FORM OF
02:46 - INSTRUCTION STUDENTS RECEIVE
02:48 - THAT THE RELIEF SOUGHT BY
02:50 - PETITIONERS IS BARRED BY THE
02:52 - DOCTRINE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.
02:54 - BUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE DOES
02:56 - NOT REQUIRE IN-PERSON
02:57 - INSTRUCTION DURING A PANDEMIC
03:00 - AND THAT IS INTERPRETATION OF
03:02 - THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE IS
03:03 - ENTITLED TO DEFERENCE.
03:08 - ARGUING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
03:10 - BALANCE.
03:13 - PETITIONERS OUR.
03:18 - ROUTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
03:20 - COUNCIL FOR RESPONDED. OKAY
03:23 - WELCOME TO THE COURT.
03:26 - PLEASE. FISHING WE MAY BE GOOD.
03:31 - WELL ACTUALLY
03:32 - YOU NOT. WELL YES, THE EYE
03:35 - GIVEN PARTY KNOW PLEASE BEGIN
03:36 - YOUR THAT. FILE THE PRELIMINARY
03:39 - OBJECTIONS.
03:50 - AND TO REQUEST.
03:52 - 3 MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
03:57 - >>THEY PLEASE THE COURT MY NAME
03:58 - IS WALTERS IN A LONG AND I
03:59 - REPRESENT THE PETITIONERS IN
04:00 - THIS CASE.
04:02 - THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE OF
04:03 - 1949 REQUIRES THAT SCHOOLS
04:06 - QUOTE SHALL BE KEPT OPEN
04:08 - CLOSE QUOTE FOR AT LEAST 180
04:11 - DAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE
04:13 - I'M SORRY I THOUGHT.
04:16 - >>YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE
04:17 - PETITIONERS NOT RESPONDED WE'RE
04:19 - HERE FOR
04:20 - P O'S SO I KNEW REALLY WAIT
04:23 - BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE
04:25 - RESPONDING. AND THAT'S WHY YES
04:29 - HERE
04:29 - KIND OF SITTING THAT PLEASE AND
04:31 - THE PETITIONER IN THE CASE BUT
04:32 - THE RESPONDED ON THE
04:33 - PRELIMINARY EXACTLY ARE YOUR
04:35 - HONOR FOR THE THAT'S BY NO IT
04:36 - WAS MY CONFUSION SO WE'RE GOING
04:39 - TO ALLOW.
04:42 - DEPARTMENT TO FILE THE
04:43 - PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS.
04:45 - 2 1ST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU
04:48 - HAVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF WITH
04:51 - WOMEN AREA JUNCTIONS SO YOU
04:53 - WILL GO FIRST AND THEN. WE WILL
04:56 - HEAR FROM THE PETITIONERS THANK
04:58 - YOU YOUR HONOR MAY PLEASE
04:59 - THE COURT.
05:00 - >>ALEXANDER A CORN A DEPUTY
05:02 - ATTORNEY GENERAL ON BEHALF OF
05:03 - RESPONDENT SECRETARY OF
05:04 - EDUCATION, I'M A RESERVED BUT 3
05:06 - MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL. YOU MAY
05:08 - AND
05:10 - THANK YOU AND THANK YOU YOUR
05:12 - HONOR FOR THAT HELPFUL
05:13 - INTRODUCTION I WAS GOING TO
05:14 - REPEAT THE POINTS YOU'RE A
05:15 - SMALL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN AND
05:16 - ADDRESS THE 4 A REASONS
05:18 - THAT BUT THE DEPARTMENT
05:20 - BELIEVES THE PETITION SHOULD BE
05:21 - DISMISSED IN THIS CASE,
05:23 - WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST
05:24 - REASON WHICH IS THE FACT THE
05:26 - PETITIONERS LACKED STANDING.
05:30 - THE ONLY
05:31 - ALLEGATION MADE BY PETITIONERS
05:33 - THAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE
05:34 - SUFFERED ALLEGEDLY SUFFERED
05:36 - PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE. THAT
05:39 - ALLEGATION WITHOUT MORE IS
05:41 - INSUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH
05:43 - STANDING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
05:44 - SHOW A DIRECT IMMEDIATE AND
05:46 - SUBSTANTIAL INJURY.
05:49 - THERE MUST BE IF THIS COURT BUT
05:51 - HELD ITS EARLIER ORDER
05:52 - SUSTAINING THE EARLIER FILED
05:54 - PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS. THERE
05:56 - MUST BE IT'S WITH SUFFICIENT
05:58 - FACTUAL DETAILS. THE WORD
06:00 - PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE WITHOUT
06:02 - MORE DO NOT QUALIFY.
06:05 - >>SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ACTUAL
06:06 - NAMES OF
06:07 - THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL WHO'S
06:09 - BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A SPECIFIC
06:11 - PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY, NO YOUR
06:13 - HONOR THAT MAYBE SOME
06:14 - DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE
06:15 - INJURIES ARE.
06:18 - >>WOULD BE PERHAPS
06:19 - AN EXAMPLE. OUR VIEW IS THAT
06:22 - THE WORD PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE
06:24 - ON THEIR OWN SIMPLY DON'T
06:26 - PROVIDE THE REQUISITE FACTUAL
06:28 - SUPPORT IF THEY DID
06:30 - ANY PETITION OR BREACH OF
06:31 - CONTRACT ACTION WHATEVER IT IS
06:32 - CAN JUST SAY YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY
06:34 - SUFFERED PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE
06:35 - FROM THE ALLEGED ACTS AND THAT
06:37 - WOULD THEN ESTABLISH INJURY
06:38 - THAT WOULD BE MUCH LEFT
06:39 - STANDING AT ALL WHAT WHAT WHAT
06:41 - MORE IS NEEDED.
06:43 - AGAIN PERHAPS A DESCRIPTION OF
06:45 - WHAT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE
06:47 - IS PERHAPS
06:48 - DESCRIPTION LINKING SPECIFIC
06:51 - PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE TO THE
06:56 - >>GUIDANCE THAT
06:56 - WAS ISSUED SOMETHING WITH WITH
06:59 - WITH JUST MORE FACTUAL DEEM AT
07:01 - A DETAILED AND THEN THE WORDS
07:03 - ITSELF IN THE WORDS LIKE A LOT
07:04 - OF DAMAGE ON THEIR OWN. BUT
07:06 - THAT IS NOT WHAT WE HAVE
07:07 - DISCOVERING.
07:09 - WELL YOUR HONOR STANDING AS A
07:10 - THRESHOLD ISSUE SO TO THE
07:11 - EXTENT THAT PETITIONER BELIEVE
07:13 - THAT THERE WAS NEEDED TO HAVE
07:14 - SOME DISCOVERY. I THINK
07:15 - THE HEAT THERE WAS AMPLE TIME
07:17 - TO DO THAT THERE WAS NO REQUEST
07:18 - FOR DISCOVERY ON
07:19 - THIS POINT AND IT'S IT'S
07:20 - ACTUALLY PETITIONERS BURDEN TO
07:22 - MAKE THE REQUISITE ACTIVE AT
07:23 - ALLEGATIONS IN THE
07:24 - FIRST INSTANCE WARD STATE WHAT
07:26 - DISCOVERIES NEEDED THAT THAT
07:27 - THEY COULD SUBSTANTIATE
07:28 - ESTABLISH THE ALLEGATIONS TO
07:30 - MORE OF AN ALLEGATION TO THE
07:32 - EFFECT
07:33 - OF THEM. DEPRESSION WAS
07:35 - SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF SO MANY
07:37 - DAYS LOST AND THAT COULD BE AN
07:40 - EXAMPLE THE HONOR AGAIN I
07:42 - HAVEN'T SEEN IT SO IT'S IT'S
07:43 - TOUGH FOR ME TO SAY THAT BUT
07:44 - THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT
07:45 - WOULD BE MORE TO GET THAT
07:47 - CONNECTS IT TO THE LAST I THINK
07:49 - THAT'S CORRECT.
07:50 - >>COUNCILS IT IS IT ENOUGH TO
07:52 - HER THAT
07:54 - THEY HAVE STANDING BECAUSE THEY
07:55 - ARE THE PARENTS OF
07:55 - THE CHILDREN. WE'RE
07:57 - PARTICIPATING IN THIS KIND OF A
07:59 - PROGRAM AND WE ARE BEING DENIED
08:02 - THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR IN
08:04 - SCHOOL EDUCATION.
08:06 - >>I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IN
08:08 - ITSELF IS ENOUGH TO BE THERE
08:09 - BECAUSE THIS COURT
08:10 - HELD PREVIOUSLY.
08:13 - >>THE THERE IS NO RIGHT TO
08:16 - IN-SCHOOL EDUCATION THAT THE
08:17 - STATUTE SAYS THE ISSUE ISN'T
08:19 - THAT LEGAL QUESTION THOUGH AS
08:21 - TO WHETHER THE STATUTE PROVIDES
08:23 - FOR THEM.
08:24 - >>AGAIN I THINK YOUR HONOR
08:25 - THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING
08:27 - THAT THE COURT SAID IS THIS
08:28 - MORE ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE
08:28 - STANDING TO SEEK A PRELIMINARY
08:30 - INJUNCTION. THE THRESHOLD ISSUE
08:33 - OF STANDING ON THE MERITS
08:34 - IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT THE
08:36 - STATUE HAS BEEN SATISFIED THERE
08:37 - ACTUALLY HAS TO BE AN
08:38 - ALLEGATION OF INJURY WHICH IS
08:39 - WHAT THIS COURT SAID PREVIOUSLY
08:41 - SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE
08:45 - FAILURE.
08:46 - TO TO COMPLY WITH THE STATUTE
08:48 - IS ENOUGH ON ITS OWN TO
08:49 - ESTABLISH STANDING IN THIS
08:50 - CASE.
08:53 - IF I MAY TO ADDRESS THE SECOND
08:54 - POINT WHICH IS ALSO A RELATED
08:56 - AND ON THE ISSUE OF STANDING
08:58 - WHICH IS THE ISSUE OF
08:59 - ADDRESS ABILITY. AS WELL AS THE
09:02 - FACT THAT THIS COURT LACKS
09:03 - SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
09:04 - BECAUSE PETITIONERS HAVE FAILED
09:05 - TO NAME A
09:06 - NECESSARY PARTIES. ON THE ISSUE
09:09 - OF REMDESIVIR ADDRESS ABILITY
09:10 - PETITIONERS ARE ONLY
09:11 - CHALLENGING GUIDANCE ISSUED BY
09:13 - PD.
09:16 - THERE IS NO ALLEGATION IN THE
09:17 - PETITION. THAT IS THAT GUIDANCE
09:20 - THAT HAS LED SPECIFICALLY TO
09:22 - REMOTE LEARNING IN FACT AS FAR
09:25 - AS WE'RE AWARE I AND THERE'S
09:27 - CERTAINLY NO ALLEGATION
09:28 - THAT THERE ARE ANY REMOTE
09:30 - LEARNING CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE
09:32 - AT THE SCHOOLS WHERE
09:33 - PETITIONERS CHILDREN ATTEND
09:34 - SCHOOL. IN FACT
09:37 - THE MOST RECENT GUIDANCE FROM
09:38 - PDE JUST INCORPORATES BY
09:40 - REFERENCE. THE CDC'S GUIDANCE.
09:43 - SO
09:44 - IF THIS COURT WERE TO ISSUE A
09:45 - DECLARATION, IT'S VERY UNCLEAR
09:47 - WHAT EXACTLY PETITIONERS ARE
09:49 - SEEKING
09:49 - TO NULLIFY AND HOW THAT WOULD
09:51 - HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE GROUND
09:52 - WITH RESPECT TO THE EDUCATION
09:54 - THAT ARE THE INSTRUCTION LOOK
09:56 - AT WHAT CONTROLS THE SCHOOL
09:57 - CODE WHERE THE DEPARTMENT'S
09:59 - POLICY. I YOUR HONOR IT'S
10:01 - UNCLEAR WHY THE PETITION.
10:03 - THEY'RE ONLY CHALLENGING THE
10:04 - DEPARTMENT'S POLICY BUT THERE'S
10:05 - NO ALLEGATION IN THE PETITION
10:07 - LINKING NO NO FACTUAL
10:09 - ALLEGATIONS THE PETITION
10:10 - LINKING THAT POLICY TO WHAT HAS
10:12 - ACTUALLY HAPPENED. THE PETITION
10:14 - IS IS RATHER VAGUE IT JUST I
10:16 - THINK THERE'S ONE SENTENCE THAT
10:17 - SAYS BUT ISSUES OF
10:18 - SCHOOLCHILDREN PETITIONS ARE
10:20 - PARENTS
10:20 - OF CHILDREN, WHOM ARE BETTER
10:22 - HAVE RECEIVED REMOTE LEARNING
10:24 - AT SOME POINT IN TIME. AS FAR
10:27 - AS WE'RE AWARE THAT THAT'S NO
10:29 - LONGER THE CASE. IT'S
10:31 - VERY UNCLEAR. IF THIS COURT
10:33 - WERE TO ISSUE A DECLARATION
10:34 - WHAT EFFECT IF ANY
10:36 - THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE
10:37 - INSTRUCTION THAT THE CHART THAT
10:39 - THE PETITIONER CHILDREN
10:40 - CURRENTLY RECEIVING OF COURSE
10:41 - THEY'RE NOT SEEKING TO JUST NOT
10:43 - SEEKING DAMAGES IN THIS CASE
10:44 - THEY'RE SEEKING ONLY.
10:46 - PERSPECTIVE EXCUSE ME AND
10:48 - INJUNCTIVE IN THAT TYPE OF
10:50 - RELIEF AND A DECLARATORY
10:52 - JUDGMENT. SO IT'S VERY UNCLEAR
10:54 - HOW THE RELIEF THEY'RE SINKING
10:55 - WOULD HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE
10:57 - ELECTION ON THE INJURY, THE
10:58 - ELECTION. AND THE
11:00 - RELATED POINT THE THAT THE
11:03 - SCHOOL
11:05 - THAT OF THE SCHOOLS THAT
11:07 - PETITIONERS CHILDREN ATTEND ARE
11:10 - NECESSARY PARTIES
11:11 - BECAUSE IT IS ONLY THE SCHOOL
11:13 - DISTRICTS WHO CAN ACTUALLY
11:14 - PROVIDE THE RELIEF THE
11:15 - PETITIONERS ARE SEEKING SEE
11:17 - WITH THEM TO JOIN 500 SCHOOL
11:18 - DISTRICTS. YOUR HONOR WE WOULD
11:20 - SAY THAT THE VERY LEAST THEY
11:21 - HAVE TO JOIN THE SCHOOL
11:22 - DISTRICTS THAT THEIR CHILDREN
11:23 - ATTEND.
11:25 - THEY DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF
11:26 - THEY'VE SPECIFIED THAT THE
11:27 - PETITION. I DON'T BELIEVE SO I
11:29 - THINK THEY'D THEY'D PREVIOUSLY
11:30 - THE FIRST TIME
11:31 - TO JOIN HANDFUL OF SCHOOL
11:34 - DISTRICTS THAT THEIR TEACHERS
11:35 - AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THEIR
11:36 - STUDENTS ATTEND. AND ALL
11:38 - SCHOOLS DON'T THOSE SCHOOL
11:39 - DISTRICTS HAVE TO FOLLOW WHAT
11:41 - THE DEPARTMENT ISSUES.
11:43 - YOUR HONOR THERE'S NO
11:44 - ALLEGATION THAT PETITION.
11:45 - NO FACTUAL ALLEGATION THAT
11:46 - THAT'S THE CASE AND IT IS
11:48 - GUIDANCE.
11:52 - THE GUIDANCE
11:52 - SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE
11:53 - THAT THE DECISION TO ADOPT
11:55 - REMOTE LEARNING IS A LOCAL THE
11:57 - DECISION.
11:58 - SO IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT I DON'T
12:00 - KNOW SINCE WHEN A SCHOOL
12:01 - DISTRICT CAN JUST DECIDE WHAT
12:03 - IT WANTS TO DO AND THERE'S
12:04 - SOMETHING IN THE SCHOOL CODE
12:05 - AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
12:06 - THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF ISSUES.
12:08 - >>THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ITSELF
12:09 - DOES GO. WELL WE'RE NOT KIND OF
12:11 - FOLLOW THIS.
12:13 - >>WELL, I MEAN THEY MANDATED BY
12:15 - LAWN.
12:16 - AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS
12:18 - SPOKEN ON WHAT THE LAW IS AND
12:20 - THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE MANDATED TO
12:21 - DO IT AT THE POLLEN THAT THE
12:22 - DEPARTMENT COMES OUT IN ISSUES
12:24 - OF POLICY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
12:26 - CAN JUST SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO
12:27 - FOLLOW IT. WELL I THINK THERE
12:28 - ARE SEVERAL.
12:29 - >>POINTS. THEY ARE NOT LIKE TO
12:30 - TRY TO IMPACT
12:31 - THE FIRST POINT IS IT IS
12:32 - RESPECTFULLY IT'S NOT A POLICY
12:33 - IT
12:34 - IS GUIDANCE. AND AGAIN. THE
12:36 - MOST RECENT GUIDANCE WITHIN ONE
12:37 - IS WHAT AUTHORITY DOES IT.
12:39 - THE DEPARTMENT COME OUT AND
12:40 - THEY'RE FROZEN DECIDE WHETHER
12:42 - ITS GUIDANCE OR WHETHER IT'S A
12:43 - POLICY AND DO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW
12:45 - IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW IT
12:47 - AND SHOULD WE ALL GO BACK TO
12:48 - THE SCHOOL CODE WHICH IS THE
12:50 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS THE ONE
12:51 - THAT MAKES
12:51 - THE LAWS AND THE DEPARTMENT IS
12:53 - THE ONE TO ADMINISTER THOSE
12:55 - LAWS WILL YOUR HONOR RESPECT
12:56 - AND THE ISSUE OF THE SCHOOL
12:57 - CODE THIS COURT HAS SAID
12:59 - QUOTING RUBY NORTH CAMBRIA
13:01 - SCHOOL DISTRICT. 3 O 9 A SECOND
13:04 - 1, 7, 5,
13:05 - THAT THE STATUTE DOES NOT HAVE
13:07 - THE FORCE DESCRIBED TO THEM BY
13:09 - THEIR OPPONENTS. AND I'M
13:11 - QUOTING THE LEGISLATORS
13:13 - DIRECTION THAT SCHOOL SHOULD BE
13:14 - KEPT OPEN 180 DAYS.
13:16 - OF COURSE
13:17 - MEANS THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD
13:18 - SCHEDULE AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE
13:20 - FOR SCHOOL SESSIONS OF THIS
13:21 - DURATION HERE IS THE KEY BOARDS
13:23 - ARE NOT HOWEVER
13:25 - THEREBY REQUIRED TO DO EITHER
13:27 - THE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE
13:28 - IMPRACTICAL THE CIRCUMSTANCES
13:30 - NOT WITHIN THEIR CONTROL.
13:31 - IT DOESN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
13:33 - WELL, YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE
13:34 - SAYING THAT ITS GUIDANCE SO
13:36 - THEY WANT TO FOLLOW WITH THAT
13:37 - COULD FALL WOULD IF THEY DON'T
13:39 - WANT TO FOLLOW IT. THEY DON'T
13:40 - HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.
13:41 - >>AND THEN BUT THEN YOU GOING
13:42 - BACK TO SAYING THAT EVERYTHING
13:44 - IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL
13:46 - DISTRICT AND THAT'S JUST NOT
13:47 - HOW IT WORKS. I MEAN
13:48 - WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ALL
13:49 - THESE DIFFERENT RULES AND
13:51 - REGULATIONS FOR ALL THESE
13:52 - DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
13:53 - THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH AND
13:54 - THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BEEN
13:55 - AN EVIL EYE ON EVEN EDUCATIONAL
13:57 - SYSTEM.
13:58 - >>WELL, YOUR HONOR, ESPECIALLY
13:59 - THE GUIDANCE
14:00 - IS PERMISSIVE IT'S NOT
14:02 - SOMETHING THAT SAYS SCHOOL
14:02 - DISTRICTS NECESSARILY HAVE TO
14:05 - DO SOMETHING IT'S
14:05 - A RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW TO
14:07 - CARRY OUT INSTRUCTION DURING A
14:09 - 10 LEAD TO DEADLY PANDEMIC WHEN
14:11 - THE ALTERNATIVE IS NO STRICT
14:12 - INSTRUCTION AT ALL.
14:13 - SO IT'S PERMISSIVE GUY IT'S NOT
14:15 - THERE'S NO THERE'S NOT A
14:16 - WRITTEN REQUIREMENT THAT SCHOOL
14:17 - DISTRICTS BUT COMPLY ITS
14:20 - GUIDANCE FOR HOW TO PROVIDE
14:21 - INSTRUCTIONS WHEN THE
14:22 - ALTERNATIVE IS NO INSTRUCTION
14:24 - WHICH THIS COURT HAS HELD
14:25 - IS PERMISSIBLE
14:26 - IN ACTION WITHIN WHAT WAS THE
14:28 - STATUTE ALLOWS FOR THE 180 DAY
14:31 - LANGUAGE IN THE STATUTE IS NOT
14:33 - SOME TYPE
14:34 - ABSOLUTE MANDATE TO TORY
14:36 - INFLEXIBLE. REQUIREMENT
14:39 - THAT YES THAT IS SOMETHING THE
14:40 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO
14:41 - SHOOT FOR AND HAVE TO AIM TO
14:43 - ACHIEVE OF COURSE, ABSOLUTELY I
14:45 - MEAN WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MANY
14:47 - SAYS YOU KNOW SNOW DAYS AND
14:48 - YOU'VE GONE.
14:49 - >>THE ON WHAT'S REQUIRED THEN
14:51 - THE STUDENTS STAY LONGER IN THE
14:52 - SUMMER TO MAKE UP FOR A
14:54 - 180 DAYS. THAT'S CORRECT YOUR
14:56 - HONOR BUT IN THIS CASE WHEN
14:57 - THERE'S A DEADLY PANDEMIC IT'S
14:58 - NOT TEMPORARY IN NATURE LIKE A
15:00 - FEW SNOW DAYS. THE ALTERNATIVE
15:02 - IS
15:02 - NO INSTRUCTION. SO IF NO
15:04 - INSTRUCTIONS FROM INSIDE THAT
15:06 - ISN'T THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE.
15:07 - WELL OR REQUIRING CHILDREN TO
15:09 - GO INITIALLY WHEN THE PANDEMIC
15:11 - WAS IT WAS WAS RAGING.
15:13 - AND PEOPLE WERE DYING IN GROSS
15:15 - NUMBERS TO REQUIRE CHILDREN TO
15:17 - ATTEND CLASSES IN PERSON, WHAT
15:19 - IS IT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE
15:20 - TALKING ABOUT WE'RE TALKING
15:21 - ABOUT A POLICY
15:22 - THE DISTRICT THAT THE
15:24 - DEPARTMENT ISSUED AND YOU'RE
15:25 - SAYING ITS GUIDANCE. THEY DON'T
15:26 - HAVE TO FOLLOW IT. YOUR HONOR,
15:28 - THE SPECIFIC POLICY SAYS THAT
15:31 - IT'S A PERMISSIVE POLICY.
15:33 - >>SO I'M I'M YEAH, THE
15:35 - GUIDANCE IS YOU KNOW THIS IS
15:37 - WHAT YOU CAN DO.
15:39 - >>DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFIC
15:40 - FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR
15:42 - SPECIFIC LOCALE I
15:44 - DON'T KNOW. I JUST SAY THAT YOU
15:46 - KNOW AGAIN IS PERMISSIVE SO
15:48 - IT'S IT'S THERE'S NO ALLEGATION
15:51 - THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
15:52 - SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ANY SPECIFIC
15:53 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD FOLLOWED
15:55 - SOME TYPE OF WAY. THE ONLY
15:56 - ALLEGATION IS THIS IS THE
15:58 - GUIDANCE AND OUR CHILDREN ARE
16:00 - RECEIVING REMOTE INSTRUCTION OR
16:01 - AT LEAST DID IN
16:01 - THE PAST. SO YOU KNOW I WOULD
16:05 - RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE THAT THIS
16:06 - IS SOME TYPE OF
16:07 - YOU KNOW POLICY THAT THAT IS
16:09 - ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY IN NATURE
16:11 - TO ADD TO THAT EXTENT COUNCIL
16:13 - MAY I ASK A QUESTION.
16:14 - >>I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SO
16:16 - WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE TIME
16:18 - BASICALLY WHEN AS YOU SAID
16:20 - WE'RE IN THE HEIGHT OF THE
16:21 - PANDEMIC AND THE MANDATE TO
16:24 - CLOSE SCHOOLS.
16:26 - CAME FROM THE GOVERNOR CORRECT
16:28 - THAT'S CORRECT OKAY AND DURING
16:30 - THAT TIME. IT WAS THE
16:31 - FLEXIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL
16:34 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WOULD
16:36 - HAVE. THAT THAT WENT INTO
16:38 - ACTION SO TO SPEAK AND
16:41 - THIS TYPE OF INSTRUCTION
16:42 - WAS OFFERED AS OPPOSED TO
16:44 - HAVING THE SCHOOLS CLOSED AND
16:46 - THE CHILDREN NOT RECEIVED ANY
16:48 - EDUCATION DURING THAT TIME, I'M
16:49 - STARTING TO GET EXACTLY CORRECT
16:51 - OKAY THANK YOU AND THAT THAT IS
16:55 - >>CONSISTENT THAT WITH WITH
16:57 - WITH THIS COURT HELD IN ROUTE
16:58 - SO AGAIN IF THE ONLY
17:00 - ALTERNATIVE FOR FEASIBLE WHAT
17:02 - SORT OF WHAT WAS TO CLOSE
17:03 - SCHOOLS AND HAVE LIMITED OR NO
17:05 - INSTRUCTION. IT'S CERTAINLY
17:08 - WITHIN THE DIRECT
17:09 - THAT DISCRETION OF SCHOOL
17:11 - DISTRICTS TO OFFER A VIRTUAL
17:13 - INSTRUCTION AND THAT'S THE
17:14 - ALTERNATIVE AND THEN THE
17:15 - QUESTION AS WELL SO GUIDANCE BY
17:19 - DEFINITION TO ME MATT HER MISS
17:21 - OF GUIDANCE BEING PERMISSIVE.
17:24 - >>IS THERE A SITUATION WHERE
17:25 - THE LAW WOULD SAY THAT GUIDANCE
17:27 - IS MANDATORY AND IF YOU CAN
17:29 - THINK OF A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
17:31 - THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
17:34 - >>I CAN IMAGINE, YEAH THAT
17:35 - THERE COULD BUT IN TERMS OF AN
17:37 - EXAMPLE PERHAPS YOU KNOW IF
17:40 - THIS WERE THAT YOU KNOW SCHOOL
17:42 - DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO OFFER
17:44 - REMOTE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS
17:47 - IT GUIDANCE.
17:48 - >>IN THAT INSTANCE, AN ARGUMENT
17:49 - COULD BE MADE
17:50 - THAT THAT'S BINDING AND THE
17:52 - LANGUAGE IN THAT INSTANCE WOULD
17:53 - BE DIFFERENT THAT'S NOT WHAT
17:55 - WHAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
17:56 - AND THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT WHAT
17:57 - EXISTS CURRENTLY BUT IF IF IF
18:00 - IF IF THERE WERE TO JUST THE
18:02 - RISING HERE, YOU KNOW SOME TYPE
18:04 - OF LANGUAGE THAT WAS YOU KNOW
18:06 - MANDATORY IN NATURE TO THAT
18:08 - EXTENT THEN THEN AND THERE ARE
18:10 - CONSEQUENCES STEMMING FROM IT
18:11 - THEN I I THINK THERE'S AN
18:13 - ARGUMENT THAT.
18:15 - COULD BE SOMETHING MORE THAN
18:16 - JUST CUTS. AND I THINK YOU
18:19 - DIFFERENT.
18:21 - >>WHEN WERE YOU WHEN YOU HAVE
18:24 - TO JUST WAS GOING TO ASK YOU
18:25 - THANK YOU.
18:28 - FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS,
18:30 - THERE ARE 2 PROVISIONS THERE
18:32 - THAT TALK ABOUT.
18:34 - APPLIES WHEN A SCHOOL BUILDING
18:35 - IS PREVENTED FROM OPENING.
18:39 - AND UNDER FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION
18:40 - DAY PREVENTS A SCHOOL BUILDING
18:42 - FROM OPENING DUE TO ANY OF THE
18:43 - FOLLOWING ONE IS A DISEASE
18:45 - EPIDEMIC. HOW DO
18:47 - WE JUDGE WEATHER PREVENTED A
18:50 - SCHOOL BUILDING FROM BEING OPEN
18:51 - ASIDE FROM THE FACT OF WEATHER.
18:53 - IF THE BUILDING IS NOT OPEN OUR
18:55 - STUDENTS. RECEIVING THERE
18:59 - THERE. THEY'RE MANDATORY
19:00 - EDUCATION, BUT HOW DO WE DECIDE
19:02 - IF IT'S IT
19:05 - PREVENTING THE SCHOOL FROM
19:07 - OPENING WHEN OTHER SCHOOLS WERE
19:09 - IN
19:09 - FACT OPEN. DURING THAT SAME
19:11 - TIME PERIOD OUTSIDE OF WHEN
19:13 - THERE WAS A MANDATORY A MANDATE
19:15 - TO CLOSE
19:15 - THE SCHOOLS.
19:16 - >>I YOUR YOUR HONOR IT ALL IF
19:19 - HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ANSWER THE
19:20 - QUESTION IF NOT PLEASE PLEASE
19:21 - LET ME KNOW, BUT I THINK 15 '06
19:23 - THAT THE FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION A
19:25 - PROVISION THAT YOU'RE READING.
19:27 - REAL IT DEALS WITH TEMPORARY
19:29 - DISRUPTIONS SO TO THE
19:31 - EXTENT THAT THERE IS YOU KNOW
19:33 - THE SNOW DAY OR MORE REGIONAL,
19:35 - YOU KNOW FLU OUTBREAK OR
19:36 - SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAS A
19:37 - TEMPORARY DISRUPTION. THAT'S
19:40 - WHEN 15 '06 COMES
19:41 - INTO PLAY. THERE'S INDICATION
19:45 - THE 15 '06 WAS SOMEHOW MEANT
19:47 - TO OVERRIDE.
19:48 - >>WHOLESALE YOU'RE GETTING INTO
19:50 - THE WHOLE QUESTION OF WHAT'S
19:51 - TEMPORARY IS TEMPORARY A MONTH
19:53 - 2
19:55 - A YEAR. TO THERE'S NO
19:57 - DEFINITION THAT'S CORRECT THE
19:58 - SCHOOL CODE SO
20:00 - WELL THAT DIDN'T ANSWER THE
20:01 - QUESTION. BUT I WANT TO BELIEVE
20:02 - ARE THE TIME
20:03 - FACTOR SO
20:04 - MAYBE AS WE ONE MORE QUESTION
20:08 - IS WHEN IT CLARIFIED THAT THE
20:09 - TIME PAIR WERE TALKING ABOUT.
20:11 - >>IS NOT DOING THAT TIME PERIOD
20:13 - WITH THE GOVERNOR MANDATED THAT
20:15 - EVERYTHING IS SHUT DOWN.
20:17 - THAT'S CORRECT JOHN THAT WAS
20:18 - AFTER IT WAS AFTER THE GOVERNOR
20:20 - HAS LIVED
20:21 - AT THAT THE CANDIDATES I WANT
20:23 - TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL THE
20:24 - SAME AGE ABOUT WHAT THE
20:25 - TIMEFRAME IS AND YOU DON'T
20:27 - FIGHT IT. DOUG TALENT IS SAYING
20:29 - ALL OF
20:29 - THE GOVERNOR. SO THAT WE'RE
20:31 - SHUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN THAT'S
20:32 - NOT THE TIME PERIOD THAT WE'RE
20:33 - TALKING ABOUT NO YOUR HONOR
20:34 - THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. THANK
20:36 - YOU. YES. THANK YOU.
20:46 - THERE ARE OTHERS, I LIKED IT.
20:48 - WHEN QUESTIONED THE 3 MINUTES
20:49 - FOR REBUTTAL WITH ME AND SAID
20:51 - YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T GET
20:53 - REBUTTAL. THEY DON'T GET
20:54 - RESULTS ARE YOU OKAY, THANK YOU
20:57 - CROSS OKAY.
20:57 - >>THEY PLEAS COURT MY NAME IS
20:58 - WALTERS IN LONG, I REPRESENT
21:00 - THE PETITIONERS WE HAVE THE
21:01 - COMMONWEALTH CONCEDING THAT THE
21:03 - PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE AND SECTION
21:05 - 15 DASH
21:06 - 15 OH ONE REQUIRES THAT
21:08 - SCHOOLS QUOTE SHALL BE KEPT
21:10 - OPEN FOR AT LEAST 180 DAYS FOR
21:12 - PURPOSE OF INSTRUCTION.
21:14 - IT ALSO REQUIRES SCHOOL
21:15 - DISTRICTS THE SCHOOL CODE DOES
21:16 - TO PROVIDE 900 HOURS AT LEAST
21:18 - OF INSTRUCTION DURING THOSE
21:20 - DAYS.
21:21 - WANT TO DRILL DOWN ON WHAT THE
21:22 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S
21:24 - POLICY IS IT MAINTAINS A POLICY
21:27 - RIGHT NOW THAT IS IN EFFECT
21:29 - THAT WOULD PERMIT ANY SCHOOL
21:30 - DISTRICT TO FEEL THAT
21:32 - 180 DAY REQUIREMENT TO FULLY
21:35 - REMOTE INSTRUCTION
21:37 - ZOOM INSTRUCTION IN-PERSON
21:38 - INSTRUCTION OR A COMBINATION OF
21:40 - THE 2 WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE.
21:43 - AND WITHOUT REASON. THEY ALSO
21:45 - COUNCIL, I'M SORRY BUT JUST 2.
21:48 - >>CLARIFY THEN YOUR LOOKING
21:50 - FOR FORWARD. WE'RE LOOKING
21:52 - RELIEF AS OF NOW WHERE WHENEVER
21:55 - THE COURT WOULD
21:55 - RULE THAT THE DEPARTMENT NOT BE
21:58 - ALLOWED TO DOUBLE GAME IS.
22:04 - POLICY CORRECT, CORRECT CORRECT
22:06 - YOUR HONOR WE'RE ASKING FOR
22:07 - APPROPRIATE PROSPECTIVE REALLY
22:09 - DECLARATORY RELIEF ARE THESE
22:11 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE.
22:13 - >>INVOLVED YEAR THE.
22:17 - AND IS IT ONLY REALLY FOR THE
22:18 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE.
22:22 - THESE CHILDREN ARE
22:24 - ARE ATTENDING. WE KNOW THAT WE
22:26 - THE HARM IS I THINK IT'S HARM
22:28 - TO THESE CHILDREN CORRECT HARM
22:29 - TO THESE CHILDREN IT HARMS THE
22:31 - PARENTS RIGHTS TO SEND THEIR
22:32 - CHILDREN AND HAVE THE RIGHT FOR
22:33 - AN IN-PERSON EDUCATION, SO ARE
22:34 - THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, USING
22:38 - REMOTE, LEARNING
22:40 - CAROLEE TODAY. I AM NOT AWARE
22:42 - OF WHAT SCHOOL JURORS ARE
22:43 - REMOTE, BUT THEY HAVE THE
22:44 - AUTHORITY TO
22:44 - DO SO.
22:45 - >>ONE OF JUST PIVOT BACK REAL
22:47 - QUICK ON THE WHAT I WHAT WITH
22:50 - THE INJURIES AND B.
22:52 - >>THE THREAT, THE IMMINENT
22:53 - THREAT OF HARM YOUR HONOR.
22:55 - >>AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE
22:56 - ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO THE
22:57 - COMMONWEALTH'S LARGEST TEACHERS
22:58 - UNION THREATENED TO GO FULLY
23:01 - REMOTE IF CERTAIN DEMANDS
23:02 - WEREN'T MET THAT THREAT WAS
23:05 - MADE POSSIBLE BY THE EXISTENCE
23:07 - OF THIS POLICY,
23:08 - THEIR ABILITY TO DECLARE THAT
23:09 - WE'RE GOING FULLY REMOTE AND
23:12 - WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING MEETING AT
23:15 - 180 DAY SCHOOL CALENDAR IS MADE
23:16 - POSSIBLE BY THE POLICIES WHILE
23:18 - I DON'T I'M NOT AWARE OF IT
23:19 - ACTUALLY CARING THERE IS A
23:21 - THREAT AND ONGOING THREAT THAT
23:22 - MAY OCCUR JUST RECENTLY HAD A
23:24 - VERY DIRECT THEN THERE'S JUST
23:29 - >>DON'T YOU NEED IT TO ACTUALLY
23:30 - BE HAPPENING AND THEN TO
23:31 - ASSOCIATE THAT TO AN INDIVIDUAL
23:33 - WHO HAS BEEN HARMED IN A
23:34 - SPECIFIC WAY.
23:36 - >>WELL YOUR HONOR WE WE MUST
23:38 - REMEMBER THAT WHEN THIS
23:39 - PETITION WAS FILED IN THE
23:40 - SUMMER OF
23:41 - 2020. SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED
23:44 - SCHOOLS WERE USING THE VIRTUAL
23:45 - POLICY IN STANDING IS FROM THE
23:48 - PETITIONERS PERSPECTIVE.
23:50 - IT IS VIEWED AS WHAT IS THE
23:51 - POINT AT THE TISCH
23:52 - UNDERSTANDING AT THE TIME IT IS
23:53 - FILED. THE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT
23:56 - WITHDRAWN
23:56 - THE POLICY. DO YOU HAVE
23:58 - AUTHORITY FOR THAT PROPOSITION
24:00 - I COULD PROVIDE ANY BECAUSE I.
24:02 - >>MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
24:05 - STANDING WOULD NEED TO BE
24:06 - PRESENT FOR THE ENTIRE TIME OF
24:09 - THE CASE OTHERWISE IT COULD.
24:13 - YOU KNOW WHO IT IS A TIME
24:14 - THAT THE RELIEF IS GIVEN YOU
24:16 - WOULD STILL NEED TO HAVE
24:17 - STANDING BY THINK YOUR YOUR
24:18 - HONOR THERE HASN'T BEEN AN
24:19 - ALLEGATION THAT THIS CASE HAS
24:20 - BEEN FILMING ARE OBJECTING TO
24:21 - THIS YOU YOUR HONOR WHICH I
24:23 - THINK IS WHEN YOUR HONOR'S
24:24 - TALKING ABOUT.
24:25 - >>THERE IS NO ALLEGATION THAT
24:26 - THIS CASE MOVED AND NEITHER
24:27 - COULD THE COMMONWEALTH TAKE
24:28 - THAT POSITION RIGHT NOW I WAS
24:29 - JUST QUESTIONING WHEN YOU SAID
24:31 - ALL THEY NEEDED TO HAVE WAS
24:32 - STANDING AT THE TIME THEY
24:33 - FILED IT.
24:34 - >>HEY LET'S SAY FOR ARGUMENT'S
24:36 - SAKE THAT YOU'RE
24:36 - CORRECT ABOUT THE FACTS THE
24:38 - NEED TO HAVE BEEN A BIRD AT THE
24:40 - TIME THAT YOU FILED. WHAT FACTS
24:43 - DID YOU EVER
24:44 - THAT WILL BE TO SPECIFICALLY OF
24:46 - THE INJURY RATHER THAN
24:47 - SOMETHING SPECULATIVE. YOU KNOW
24:49 - WHILE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE
24:50 - CONCERN. WHAT ARE THE
24:52 - SPECIFIC INJURIES.
24:55 - >>THE AMENDED PETITION, YOUR
24:56 - HONOR AT THAT PARAGRAPH SAYS
24:58 - 6.33 WE POINT TO THE STATUTORY
25:00 - RIGHT THAT WE BELIEVE THAT
25:02 - THESE PARENTS HAVE TO HAVE AN
25:03 - IN-PERSON EDUCATION FOR THEIR
25:04 - CHILDREN. A VIOLATION OF
25:06 - STATUTORY RIGHT IS A CLEAR
25:07 - GROUNDS
25:08 - FOR STANDING. WE'VE ALSO PLEAD
25:10 - THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
25:11 - HARM THAT HAS BEFALLEN THE
25:13 - CHILDREN OF THE OF THESE
25:14 - PARENTS HERE AS WELL THAT THAT
25:15 - APPEARS THAT THE AMENDED
25:16 - PETITION A
25:17 - PARAGRAPH 34TH THIS ALLEGATION
25:19 - THAT THERE HAS TO BE IT FURTHER
25:21 - SPECIFICITY OF PLEADING BEHIND
25:23 - PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM HAS NO
25:25 - SUPPORT IN
25:25 - PENNSYLVANIA LAW THAT'S LIKE
25:27 - SAYING A PLAINTIFF IN A
25:28 - PERSONAL INJURY CASE THAT SAYS
25:30 - THEY SUFFERED
25:30 - EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, WE'RE SOFT
25:32 - TISSUE INJURY OR SOMETHING LIKE
25:34 - THAT HAS TO GET INTO SPECIFICS.
25:35 - WHAT WHAT KIND OF SOFT INJURY
25:37 - INJURED INJURY DO YOU HAVEN'T
25:38 - DONE IT THOUGH HAVE TO BE TIED.
25:41 - 2.
25:42 - >>THE HARM DOESN'T THAT YOU
25:43 - CAN'T JUST SAY PSYCHOLOGICAL
25:45 - HARM YOU HAVE TO SAY IT'S
25:46 - PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM THAT A RUSE
25:48 - FROM THIS IN
25:49 - SOME WAY.
25:50 - >>YOUR HONOR I THINK WE DO
25:51 - SUFFICIENTLY PLEADED THAT IN
25:52 - THE COMPLAINT THAT IT IS TIED
25:53 - TO IT AND THESE THESE THIS IS
25:55 - THE HARM THAT IS IMMEDIATE AND
25:56 - DIRECT FROM THIS POLICY.
25:58 - >>OKAY, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO
25:59 - TIE THE HARM I WANT TO GO BACK
26:01 - TO THIS CONCEPT OF GUIDANCE
26:03 - AND.
26:05 - I'M GOING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE I
26:06 - JUST KEEP THINKING REPEATEDLY
26:08 - ABOUT THIS SCENE FROM A MOVIE
26:10 - IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN AND
26:11 - ELIZABETH SWANN STANDS ON
26:13 - THE CODE AND SHE SAYS I'M
26:14 - STANDING ON THE CODE OF PARLAY
26:16 - AND THEN THE PIRATES AS THE
26:18 - REALLY
26:18 - MORE GUIDELINES. SO IF IT'S
26:21 - MORE GUIDANCE THAN THE CODE HOW
26:24 - DO WE DO
26:25 - THAT LINK.
26:27 - >>I'M GLAD YOU THAT WAS
26:28 - APPOINTED I WANT TO GET BACK TO
26:29 - YOUR HONOR SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT
26:30 - THE ARGUMENT THERE IT'S MORE
26:32 - THAN JUST GUIDANCE.
26:33 - IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICY THAT
26:35 - APPEARS CURRENTLY ON THE
26:36 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S
26:37 - WEB SITE IN ORDER TO INSTITUTE
26:39 - IN A REMOTE LEARNING MODEL TO
26:40 - MEET THE 180 DAYS.
26:43 - A SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS
26:43 - CLEARANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT
26:45 - OF EDUCATION THERE'S A FORM
26:46 - THEY NEED TO FILL OUT THERE'S A
26:47 - PLAN THAT HE'S BE CREATED AND
26:49 - THE PERMISSION TO DO IT IT'S
26:50 - NOT JUST SAYING THIS IS OUR
26:52 - INTERPRETATION OF THE CODE AND
26:54 - HERE'S HOW YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
26:55 - MEET 180 DAYS.
26:56 - IT'S IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THE
26:58 - VIRTUAL LEARNING THE MEDIA 180
27:00 - DAYS. TELL US WHAT YOUR PLAN IS
27:03 - WILL
27:03 - APPROVE IT AND WE'LL MEET 2.
27:05 - IT IS DOES NOT IT'S NOT SIMPLY
27:06 - GUIDANCE. IT'S A POLICY AND
27:09 - THAT POLICY. IT'S ALSO A POLICY
27:11 - THAT SAYS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
27:13 - NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
27:14 - YOU WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE
27:16 - AWAY EDUCATION DOLLARS WE'RE
27:17 - NOT GOING TO SUE YOU FOR THAT
27:18 - BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN
27:19 - DO THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
27:21 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE
27:22 - STEPPING IN HERE THAT THE
27:23 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS HAD A LONG
27:25 - TIME.
27:25 - >>SINCE THIS PANDEMIC STARTED
27:27 - TO KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.
27:30 - AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE
27:31 - ASKING
27:31 - THIS COURT TO COME AND WEIGH IN
27:34 - ON WHAT THE POLICY IS
27:36 - AND I DON'T THINK THIS COURT TO
27:37 - BE WEIGHING IN ON THE RIGHT OR
27:39 - THE WRONG IN THE POLICY IN THE
27:40 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEED TO START
27:41 - TAKING SOME ACTION YEAR.
27:43 - AND LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS
27:44 - OF PENNSYLVANIA AND DETERMINE
27:47 - WHAT THE LAW REALLY MEANS WHAT
27:49 - IT NEEDS TO SAY
27:51 - IN ORDER TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
27:53 - THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT
27:54 - COMMONWEALTH.
27:56 - >>RESPECTFULLY YOUR HONOR I
27:57 - THINK THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
27:58 - HAS DONE THAT ALREADY TWICE.
28:01 - AND THIS IS THE JUDGE DO IS
28:02 - QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
28:03 - DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
28:04 - PANDEMIC IN ORDER TO USE THE
28:06 - FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION DAYS, THE
28:08 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED
28:09 - LEGISLATION THAT SAYS WE'RE
28:11 - GOING TO LIFT THE CAP.
28:12 - ONE FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION DAYS
28:13 - WHICH ARE CURRENTLY CAPPED AT 5
28:15 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN USE AN
28:16 - UNLIMITED NUMBER OF FLEXIBLE
28:19 - INSTRUCTION DAYS TO COMPLETE
28:21 - THE 2019 2020 SCHOOL YEAR.
28:23 - THEY NEED TO GET THAT AUTHORITY
28:24 - FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE
28:26 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS VERY CLEAR
28:27 - IN THAT
28:28 - SPECIAL LEGISLATION THAT IT
28:29 - ONLY APPLIED TO THE 2019
28:32 - 2020 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT THAT
28:34 - APPEAR THAT SECTION 1515 OH ONE
28:38 - 0.8 B 2.
28:40 - THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER PORTION
28:42 - OF SPECIAL LEGISLATION IN THAT
28:43 - SAME BILL
28:44 - THAT SAID NOT WITHSTANDING ANY
28:47 - OTHER ORDERS OF THE GOVERNOR OF
28:49 - THE COMMONWEALTH. THE
28:51 - 180 DAY.
28:52 - SCHOOL REQUIREMENT OR REQUIRE
28:55 - THAT SCHOOLS BE KEPT OPEN.
28:58 - BEGINS AGAIN WITH THE 2020 2021
29:02 - SCHOOL YEAR. THIS THAT THE
29:04 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY, YOUR HONOR
29:05 - WAS
29:05 - VERY SPECIFIC ON THIS IS WHY
29:07 - THE WHY ARE WE HERE ARE YOU
29:08 - DOING ABOUT IT I MEAN THERE IS
29:10 - A HEAD ON.
29:11 - >>WHETHER OR NOT IT MEANS IN
29:13 - PERSON FACE TO FACE WITH THE
29:14 - MEANS VIRTUAL. SO I DON'T KNOW
29:17 - THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS
29:18 - ACTUALLY CLARIFIED WHAT
29:20 - IT MEANS.
29:21 - >>WHAT WAS ESPECIALLY YOUR
29:22 - HONOR I THINK THAT IF THE IF WE
29:23 - LOOK AT THE TEXT OF THE STATUTE
29:25 - ITSELF THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT
29:27 - WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
29:27 - MEETING AND THE REASON WE'RE
29:28 - HERE IS THE COMMONWEALTH HAS A
29:30 - POLICY THAT IS IN VIOLATION OF
29:32 - THE
29:32 - SCHOOL CODE THAT INCLUDES THOSE
29:34 - 2 SECTIONS AND WE WE HAVE THAT
29:36 - IN OUR PETITION. WE HAVE THAT
29:37 - IN THE FURTHER BRIEFING THAT
29:38 - THAT THESE 2 SECTIONS ONLY
29:40 - CLARIFY THAT FLEXIBLE
29:41 - INSTRUCTION DAYS COULD ONLY BE
29:43 - USED IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
29:45 - TIME FOR THE 2019 2020 SCHOOL
29:48 - YEAR WE'RE NOW IN THE 2021
29:50 - 2022 SCHOOL YEAR THIS POLICY
29:51 - CONTINUES AND THAT'S WHEN THEY
29:53 - SIMPLY SAY THE DEPARTMENT IS
29:54 - VIOLATING THE LAW. EXACTLY YOUR
29:57 - HONOR.
29:58 - WE OUR PETITION IS SQUARELY ON
30:01 - THE DEPARTMENT HAS A POLICY
30:03 - THAT RUNS HEAD FIRST
30:05 - INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE AND
30:06 - WHAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
30:07 - CODE REQUIRES SPECIFIC EXCUSE
30:10 - ME I'M SORRY, BUT THE BUT THE
30:12 - THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC
30:14 - INSTANCES.
30:15 - >>WHERE RIGHT NOW THE POLICY IS
30:17 - BEING IT MINISTER IT'S JUST
30:20 - POLICY BUT
30:22 - IN YOUR COMPLAINT THERE ARE NO
30:23 - SPECIFIC INSTANCES WHERE THE
30:25 - POLICY IS BEING INSTITUTED IN
30:28 - CAUSING HARM THAT HE IS BEING
30:29 - ALLEGED WELL IN THE IN THE
30:32 - COMPLAINT, THERE IS YOUR HONOR
30:33 - BECAUSE AT THE TIME THE
30:33 - COMPLAINT WAS FILED.
30:35 - >>ALL THE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED.
30:37 - >>BUT SITTING HERE TODAY ARE I
30:39 - AWARE OF ANY SCHOOLS IN THE
30:40 - COMMONWEALTH THAT ARE USING
30:41 - VIRTUAL LEARNING TO ME THE
30:42 - WE'RE HAVE REFUSED IT
30:44 - I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THE
30:45 - COURT I THINK YOU'RE SITE
30:47 - COUNCIL YOUR POINT IS THAT AS
30:50 - AS THIS THE LANGUAGE READS.
30:53 - THEY CAN APPLY ANY POINT
30:54 - SCHOOL DISTRICT TO VISIT TO
30:57 - STAB A PROGRAM.
30:59 - SO IT'S NOT AS IF THEY DON'T
31:01 - HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT
31:03 - CURRENTLY CORRECT.
31:04 - CORRECT AND THE PROGRAMS THAT
31:07 - THE
31:07 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE
31:09 - FILED FOR THEIR IN PLACE
31:11 - THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED UNDER THE
31:12 - POLICY FROM THE COMMONWEALTH.
31:14 - >>SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL
31:15 - NEED ANYTHING MORE THEY'VE
31:16 - GOTTEN CLEARANCE FROM THE
31:16 - COMMONWEALTH, THEY COULD CLOSE
31:18 - TOMORROW. THEY COULD CLOSE NEXT
31:19 - WEEK IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT.
31:21 - WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT IS
31:23 - WHAT VIOLATES THE SCHOOL CODE
31:24 - THIS POLICY CAN NOT STAND WE
31:26 - DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW IT'S GOING
31:27 - TO TOMORROW OR NEXT WEEK WE YOU
31:29 - KNOW WE DO KNOW THAT THE THREAT
31:30 - OF ONGOING HARM EXIST THE
31:32 - POLICY IS IN PLACE
31:33 - AND IT'S CAPABLE OF REPETITION
31:36 - COUNTRY WANTS IT.
31:38 - >>MISTER SMOCK COULD ADDRESS
31:40 - FOR US THEY NEED SURE OF THE
31:42 - ACTUAL PETITIONERS WHERE THE
31:46 - PARENTS WHO ARE BRINGING THE
31:48 - ACTION ON BEHALF OF THE
31:49 - CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN
31:51 - INJURED.
31:52 - >>IT'S BOTH YOUR HONOR I THINK
31:54 - IT'S PARENTS WHO HAVE A RIGHT
31:55 - TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN
31:56 - TO SCHOOL AND A SCHOOL BUILDING
31:58 - THAT IS OPEN FOR IN-PERSON
31:59 - INSTRUCTION AND IT IS THEIR
32:01 - INJURY. THEIR INJURY IS THE
32:03 - STATUTORY RIGHT
32:04 - TO HAVE A SCHOOL OPEN FOR
32:06 - INSTRUCTION FOR THEIR FOR THE
32:08 - EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN
32:09 - THEY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL IS
32:10 - THAT DIFFERENT FROM ANYBODY
32:11 - ELSE IS RIGHT BECAUSE NOT
32:13 - EVERYBODY ELSE IS APPARENT THAT
32:14 - HAS SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN THEY
32:15 - CAN SEND THEIR KIDS TO PUBLIC
32:16 - SCHOOL. THEY'RE BRINGING THIS
32:17 - ON BEHALF OF
32:18 - ALL PARENTS. WELL THEY'RE BEING
32:20 - IT HAD CHILDREN THEY'RE BEING
32:22 - IN BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THE
32:23 - AND
32:25 - THE ASSOCIATION OF PETITIONERS
32:27 - BRING IT ON BEHALF OF THEIR
32:28 - MEMBERS I CAN'T SAY THAT IT
32:29 - SAYS WE'VE ASKED FOR A CLASS
32:30 - STATUS HERE SO EACH OF THOSE
32:32 - PARENTS THOUGH HAVE A CHILD
32:33 - THAT HAS SPECIFICALLY BEEN
32:35 - HARMED, CORRECT YOUR HONOR.
32:38 - WHAT ABOUT
32:38 - CYBER SCHOOLS. WHOLE DIFFERENT
32:41 - SECTION OF THE SCHOOL CODE
32:42 - RIGHT OR NOT HEAR ABOUT CYBER
32:43 - SCHOOLS, WHETHER THE CYBER
32:44 - SCHOOLS BY SCHOOL GOT THE
32:46 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS SPOKEN HAS
32:47 - PASSED LEGISLATION THAT GOVERNS
32:49 - CYBER SCHOOLS WERE TALKING
32:50 - ABOUT TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS WITH
32:51 - SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
32:54 - >>I JUST WONDER IF YOU WANT TO
32:55 - ADDRESS THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE
32:56 - THE QUESTION IS BUT THERE'S
32:58 - A SCHOOL. YOU HAVE TO BE THE
33:00 - BUILDING DOES IT HAVE TO
33:01 - BE OPEN. AND CAN YOU ADDRESS
33:03 - THE LANGUAGE AND 15 '06 THAT
33:05 - ACTUALLY
33:05 - REQUIRES THAT WHEN THE SCHOOL
33:07 - BUILDING A SCHOOL BUILDING IS
33:09 - PREVENTED FROM OPENING AND THEN
33:10 - AGAIN PREVENTS A SCHOOL
33:12 - BUILDING FROM OPENING DO ANY OF
33:13 - THE FOLLOWING I HAVE TO YOUR
33:15 - HONOR IT.
33:16 - >>THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THE
33:17 - SCHOOL CODE SECTION 15 OH ONE
33:19 - SO SAYS SHALL BE KEPT OPEN.
33:21 - >>AND IT. IT IS WE AGREE THAT
33:24 - IT DOESN'T SAY.
33:26 - >>FOR IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION BUT
33:28 - IT DOESN'T NEED TO
33:29 - BECAUSE THE PHRASE KEPT OPEN IN
33:31 - 1949 WHEN THE SCHOOL CODE WAS
33:33 - PASSED, COULD MEAN ONLY ONE
33:35 - THING
33:35 - OPEN WITH WITH CHILDREN IN
33:37 - SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY THE 1919 49 TO
33:39 - THE DISTRICT DIDN'T HAVE THE
33:41 - ABILITY TO INSTRUCT STUDENTS
33:42 - ANY
33:42 - OTHER WAY AND IF AN END IN
33:44 - 1949, IT MEANS THAT NOW THAT
33:46 - DEFINITION OF THE TERM KEPT
33:47 - OPEN DOESN'T CHANGE WITH
33:48 - THE TIMES. HOWEVER YOUR HONOR I
33:51 - THINK YOUR TO YOUR HONOR'S
33:52 - POINT THERE IS ANY DOUBT AS TO
33:53 - WHAT KEPT OPEN MEANS IN SECTION
33:56 - 15 OH ONE WE ALL WE JUST HAVE
33:58 - TO LOOK TO SECTION 15 '06.
33:59 - THAT'S THE SECTION THAT GIVES A
34:01 - SPECIFIC DEFINITION FOR A
34:02 - FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION DAY AND A
34:04 - FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION DAY RATHER
34:07 - THAT OPPOSED TO A A A A A OTHER
34:10 - IS WHEN A SCHOOL BUILDING IS
34:12 - CLOSED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS,
34:14 - INCLUDING ONE DISEASE EPIDEMIC
34:16 - INCLUDES HAZARDOUS WEATHER LAW
34:17 - ENFORCE EMERGENCY INAUDIBLE
34:19 - SCHOOL BUSES. SO IT'S IT IT.
34:21 - IT'S CLEAR THAT A FLEXIBLE
34:22 - INSTRUCTION DAY UNDER SECTION
34:24 - 15 '06 IS
34:25 - A DAY WHEN THE SCHOOL BUILDING
34:27 - CANNOT BE OPEN TO RECEIVE
34:29 - STUDENTS TO BE PHYSICALLY
34:30 - PRESENT IN THE BUILDING FOR
34:32 - IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND IN
34:34 - ORDER TO TO INSTRUCT STUDENTS
34:36 - ON A FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION DAY.
34:38 - THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SAID HAS
34:39 - SAID WE CAN USE VIRTUAL OR ZOOM
34:42 - LEARNING. STUDENTS CAN LEARN
34:43 - FROM HOME. BUT SECTION
34:46 - 15 '06 IS ALSO CLEAR IT'S
34:48 - CAPPED AT 5 SCHOOL DISTRICTS
34:50 - CAN ONLY USE 5
34:51 - THAT IS WHY THAT SPECIAL
34:52 - LEGISLATION WAS REQUIRED IN
34:54 - MARCH OF 2020 TO LIFT THE CAP.
34:57 - AND BY THE WAY EVEN BEFORE
34:58 - FLEXIBLE INSTRUCTION DAYS FOUND
34:59 - THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL CODE
35:01 - IN
35:01 - 2019. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
35:03 - ACTED WITH SPECIAL LEGISLATION.
35:06 - 2 MILLION OR 8 THE EFFECTS OF
35:07 - THE 100 AND A DAY TO DAY
35:09 - REQUIREMENT.
35:11 - FOR NATURAL DISASTERS AND OTHER
35:12 - EVENTS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS
35:14 - THEIR
35:14 - SPECIAL LEGISLATION WHERE
35:15 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BUILDINGS
35:16 - WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF FLOODS
35:18 - AND AND NATURAL DISASTERS
35:20 - AND SNOWSTORMS SPECIAL
35:21 - LEGISLATION WAS PASSED THAT
35:22 - SAYS YOU KNOW FOR THIS SCHOOL
35:24 - DISTRICT IN THIS
35:25 - SCHOOL YEAR. WE WE'RE NOT GOING
35:27 - TO HAVE TO DO THE
35:28 - 180 DAYS THEY RECOGNIZE THAT IT
35:30 - WAS IMMUTABLE AND THAT'S THAT'S
35:31 - THAT THIS COURT'S DECISION AND
35:33 - SCANLON SCANLON SAYS IS A
35:35 - THRESHOLD MATTER OF EDUCATIONAL
35:37 - POLICY THAT THAT LIES FIRMLY
35:39 - WITHIN THE GHENT OF THE GENERAL
35:41 - ASSEMBLY IN ITS IMMUTABLE
35:42 - WITHOUT A SCHOOL DISTRICT ON
35:43 - ITS OWN. YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE
35:45 - SCHOOL CALENDAR TO HAVE LESS
35:47 - THAN 180 DAYS AND SCANLON WAS
35:49 - THEY WERE TRYING TO PRODUCE THE
35:50 - SCHOOL YEAR 265 DAYS TO THE
35:53 - BLUNT THE IMPACT OF HIS TEACHER
35:54 - STRIKE. BUT THIS COURT
35:55 - ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE AND
35:56 - SCANLON AND THAT IS WHAT THE
35:58 - COMMONWEALTH IS DOING TRYING TO
35:59 - DO HERE THAT YOU NEED TO DO
36:01 - EXACTLY WHAT THE SCHOOL
36:02 - DISTRICT SCANLON DID AND
36:04 - IRONICALLY THE COMMONWEALTH
36:06 - THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS
36:07 - FUNDING ACTIVITY. I SEE IT
36:09 - MIGHT MY TIME IS EXPIRED RIGHT
36:10 - UNLESS THE COURT HAS ANY
36:11 - QUESTIONS I WOULD
36:12 - WE CONCLUDE.
36:13 - >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE
36:15 - APPRECIATE YOUR ARGUMENTS.
36:17 - AND NOW YOU HAVE YOUR 3
36:18 - MINUTES. THANK
36:20 - >>I WILL TRY TO BETTER JOB OF
36:21 - ADDRESSING JUDGMENT CALL AS
36:22 - QUESTION REGARDING THE
36:23 - INTERPLAY BETWEEN SECTION 15
36:25 - '06. SECTION 15 OH ONE
36:28 - WHICH. SO
36:31 - AND THE QUESTION HERE IS IS IN
36:34 - IN
36:34 - 15 OH ONE. THE WORDS KEPT OPEN
36:37 - REQUIRE IN
36:39 - PERSON INSTRUCTION. THE
36:40 - LEGISLATURE COULD HAVE VERY
36:42 - SIMPLY SAID SO BUT DIDN'T YOU
36:44 - SO THE ASSUMPTION IS NOT TO THE
36:46 - THAT THE RULES OF
36:47 - STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
36:48 - >>REQUIRE OR PROHIBIT THE
36:51 - COURT. BUT FROM INSERTING WORDS
36:54 - INTO THE STATUE THAT DON'T
36:55 - EXIST THOSE WORKING ON IS VERY
36:57 - MATERIAL THOUGH DON'T WE READ
36:58 - THEM TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY IF
37:00 - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND 15 OH
37:02 - 6.15 OH ONE, YES, YOU YOU YOU
37:04 - DO YOUR HONOR BUT AGAIN 15 '06
37:06 - IS AN OPPOSITE.
37:07 - >>BECAUSE 15 '06 ONLY CONSIDERS
37:09 - ONLY CONTEMPLATES THE
37:10 - TEMPORARY DISRUPTION. MY
37:13 - COLLEAGUE HERE WITH WAS
37:14 - REFERRING TO 1949, WELL, YOU
37:17 - KNOW THERE WAS WE WERE IN THE
37:18 - MIDST OF THE COLD WAR IN 1949,
37:20 - AND THERE WERE INSTANCES WHEN
37:22 - THERE ARE
37:22 - REAL THREATS OF MAJOR
37:24 - DISRUPTION POTENTIALLY NUCLEAR
37:26 - DESTRUCTION, THE CITIES
37:27 - IN THE EVENT THAT THAT SOME
37:29 - CITY HAD TO BE EVACUATED.
37:31 - I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW ARE YOU
37:32 - SAY THEN THE 180 DAYS COULD ALL
37:35 - BE VIRTUAL NOT NOT SITUATIONS,
37:37 - YOUR HONOR. WHAT WE'RE SAYING
37:39 - WELL, I DON'T KNOW YOU SEEM TO
37:40 - SAY WELL IT'S NOT A BIG IT WAS
37:42 - I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S
37:43 - AMBIGUOUS BECAUSE OF
37:43 - BOTH TALKING YOU'RE BOTH
37:45 - TALKING ABOUT 2 DIFFERENT SIDES
37:47 - OF THE THE 2 WORDS. BUT I AM
37:49 - CONCERNED WITH YOU JUST UTTERED
37:52 - IN THAT. WE COULD DO A
37:54 - 180 DAYS VIRTUAL. WELL, YOUR
37:56 - HONOR RESPECTFULLY IT'S THAT
37:57 - THERE'S AN ABUSE OF DISCRETION
37:58 - STANDARD HERE. P E'S
38:00 - INTERPRETATION OF THE STATUTE
38:02 - IS ENTITLED TO DEFERENCE AND NO
38:03 - ONE SAYING THAT ANY YOU KNOW
38:05 - DECISION MADE REGARDING AND
38:06 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS DECISIONS
38:08 - REGARDING THAT REQUIREMENT OR
38:09 - BY SOME THINK THE DIFFERENCE NO
38:10 - ONE SAYING THAT THERE'S AN
38:11 - REVIEWABLE DISCRETION HERE SO
38:13 - IN THE INSTANCE OF THAT WAS MY
38:14 - QUESTION MY QUESTION WAS BASED
38:16 - ON WHAT YOU
38:17 - JUST ARGUE ARE YOU SAYING THAT
38:19 - THE DEPARTMENT COULD SAY WE CAN
38:21 - DO A 180 DAYS VIRTUAL NOT I'M
38:23 - NOT HERE. GETTING OUT SO HOW DO
38:25 - WE LIMITED, I MEAN DIDN'T THE
38:26 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY SAY
38:28 - 5 DAYS. YOU GOT YOUR HONOR THAT
38:30 - IN 5 DAYS IN THE EVENT OF A
38:31 - TEMPORARY DISRUPTION I WOULD
38:34 - ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE LAST
38:35 - SECTION OF SO I I UNDERSTAND
38:37 - THAT BUT YOU KNOW NOBODY EVER
38:38 - THOUGHT THAT THE PANDEMIC WOULD
38:39 - GO ON FOR AS LONG AS IT DID BUT
38:41 - THEN AGAIN MAYBE WE'RE ON THE
38:42 - TAIL END OF IT AND IT'S NOT IT
38:44 - IS GOING TO BE TEMPORARY.
38:46 - SO THEN WHERE DO WE GO WE'RE
38:47 - STILL IN THIS UNCERTAINTY AND I
38:50 - THINK THE STUDENTS NEED
38:51 - CERTAINTY.
38:52 - >>YOUR HONOR RESPECTFULLY I CAN
38:54 - ONLY ADDRESS WHAT THE STATUTE
38:55 - SAYS, AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING
38:57 - YOU
38:58 - TO ADDRESS AND I'M TRYING TO
39:00 - HONOR WHICH IS THE STATUTE SAYS
39:01 - KEPT OPEN.
39:03 - OKAY, IT IS THERE IS
39:06 - PDE HE'S GIVEN DEFERENCE IN THE
39:08 - INTERPRETATION OF THAT STATUTE.
39:10 - AND IT IS NOT AN ABUSE
39:11 - OF DISCRETION WHEN THE
39:12 - ALTERNATIVE THE ONLY
39:13 - ALTERNATIVE TO IN-PERSON
39:15 - INSTRUCTION IS IS THAT
39:16 - WHOLESALE SHUTTER A SCHOOL'S
39:18 - ENTIRE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU
39:20 - KEEP SAYING THAT THE ONLY
39:21 - ALTERNATIVE IS TO SHUT THE
39:22 - SCHOOLS. I MEAN CURRENTLY THE
39:24 - SCHOOL'S AND IN MOST MOST
39:27 - RECENT PAST HAVE BEEN DOING
39:28 - VIRTUAL LEARNING.
39:30 - >>IT'S THE MOST RECENT PAST
39:31 - THEY HAVEN'T YOU'RE ON THE
39:32 - RIGHT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DOING
39:33 - IN PERSON INSTRUCTION TO THE
39:34 - MOST RECENT.
39:35 - >>AND I'M SORRY. YES IN THE
39:37 - PAST THERE WERE DOING VIRTUAL
39:38 - INSTRUCTION.
39:40 - >>AND THAT.
39:41 - >>IN THE UNDER THE
39:42 - CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THAT WAS
39:43 - THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO OBTAIN
39:45 - INSTRUCTION WAS NOT AN ABUSE
39:47 - OF DISCRETION BY THE SCHOOL
39:49 - DISTRICTS THAT OFFER THAT OR BY
39:51 - THE GUIDANCE ISSUED AND THAT'S
39:52 - WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED,
39:54 - I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS
39:55 - EVEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE
39:56 - PANDEMIC THAT WERE OPEN MOST OF
40:00 - THEM WERE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.
40:02 - BUT THERE ARE STILL OPEN SO
40:04 - ISN'T THE DEPARTMENT COMING IN
40:05 - AND MAKING A SCIENTIFIC
40:07 - CONCLUSION THAT THIS WAS
40:09 - UNSAFE. WELL WHEN OTHER SCHOOLS
40:11 - WERE OPEN AND DOESN'T IT ALSO
40:13 - SHOW THAT THIS IS A DISCREET
40:15 - CLASS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
40:17 - BEEN HARMED BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE
40:19 - SOME STUDENTS GOING TO FACE TO
40:21 - FACE LEARNING AND OTHER
40:22 - STUDENTS TONIGHT WELL, A HUGE
40:24 - HONOR AGAIN NONE OF THIS HAS
40:25 - BEEN A LEGEND THE
40:26 - PETITION SO YOU KNOW WHAT COULD
40:28 - HAVE BEEN A LEDGE SHOULD HAVE
40:29 - BEEN A LEDGE I CAN'T REALLY
40:30 - SPEAK TO AND I HEAR IT, I MEAN
40:33 - I ASK A QUESTION YOU DANCE
40:34 - AROUND IT AND GO IN DIFFERENT
40:35 - DIRECTIONS BUT I HAVE BEEN
40:37 - WOKEN YOU WHAT IS THE QUESTION
40:39 - OF WHETHER MY
40:39 - BEST ANSWER. IT SEEM LIKE YOU
40:41 - KEPT GOING BACK TO THE ONLY
40:43 - ALTERNATIVE WAS TO SHUT
40:44 - THE SCHOOLS AND I JUST DON'T
40:46 - SEE WHERE THAT IS IN STATUTE.
40:50 - THE
40:50 - ONLY ALTERNATIVE. IF VIRTUAL
40:53 - INSTRUCTION WE'RE NOT
40:54 - PERMISSIVE AND I GUESS MAYBE I
40:55 - DID MISS MISSPEAK THE
40:57 - ALTERNATIVE. 2 SCHOOLS.
41:00 - LOCATED IN SPECIFIC COUNTIES
41:02 - WITH HIGH IN DANGEROUS COVID-19
41:05 - TRANSMISSION RATES WOULD BE THE
41:07 - SHOT WOULD HAVE BEEN
41:08 - SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOLS IN THOSE
41:10 - SPECIFIC LOCALITIES ONLY IF IT
41:12 - GOES BACK TO THE WORD PREVENT.
41:14 - WE NEED
41:14 - TO PREVENT.
41:16 - >>PREVENTS A SCHOOL BUILDING
41:18 - FROM OPENING ON DUE TO ANY OF
41:20 - THE FOLLOWING A DISEASE
41:22 - EPIDEMIC AND I THINK WHAT I'D
41:23 - BEFORE WE JUDGE KOBE IS SAYING
41:25 - IS IF OTHER SCHOOLS WERE OPEN.
41:28 - AND WE'RE FINE.
41:30 - HOW DO
41:32 - YOU KNOW ALLOWING ONE SCHOOL.
41:34 - TO REFUSE STUDENTS TO HAVE
41:36 - THEIR SCHOOL BUILDING OPEN
41:37 - WHICH IS HEALTH 15 '06
41:39 - DEFINES IT WE NEED THE STANDARD
41:41 - OF PREVENTING THE SCHOOL
41:43 - BUILDING FROM BEING OPEN WHEN
41:44 - OTHER
41:45 - SCHOOLS WORK THAT AND YOUR TIME
41:47 - IS OVER AND I'M SORRY I SAY
41:51 - >>WHY WHY DON'T WE GIVE YOU THE
41:53 - YOU KNOW MAYBE 10 OR 15 SECONDS
41:54 - TO SUM UP.
41:56 - UNLESS DID YOU WANT HIM TO KNOW
42:00 - >>I REALLY HAVE NOTHING FURTHER
42:02 - TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
42:04 - THESE REASONS WE WOULD ASK
42:05 - PEOPLE TO MARRY INJECTIONS BE
42:07 - SUSTAINED IN THE PETITION BE
42:08 - DISMISSED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU
42:10 - VERY MUCH. THAT WE APPRECIATE
42:13 - YOUR
42:13 - ARGUMENTS TODAY.
42:14 - >>VERY INTERESTING CASE AND WE
42:16 - WILL OF COURSE TAKE IT UNDER
42:17 - ADVISEMENT. THANK YOU.
42:41 - WE WILL NEXT HAVE NUMBER 24.
42:48 - GOOD SHOT FOR SAYS THE NEW CD
42:50 - R.
42:51 - AND WHILE YOU'RE MAKING YOUR
42:53 - WAY FORWARD. I.
42:57 - THE ELECTED TO WELCOME I GUESS
43:00 - OFFICIALLY THEY'VE BEEN
43:02 - WITH US NOW THIS IS THERE A
43:05 - SECOND MONTH, BUT FIRST ON BOND
43:07 - ARGUMENT TO WELCOME OUR NEW
43:09 - JUDGES. JUDGE
43:12 - LORI DUMAS AND JUDGE STACY
43:14 - WALLACE SO
43:14 - WELCOME TO ARGUMENTS WITH GARY
43:18 - HANG TO HAVING WELL.
43:20 - OKAY NEXT ON THE LIST NUMBER
43:23 - 24.
43:27 - GRIMSHAW VERSES
43:28 - HE CBR THE PETITIONER KELLY
43:32 - GROUP SHOT
43:32 - THAN THEIRS WORKED FOR FRANK
43:34 - HOSPITAL EMPLOYER. ON TUESDAY
43:37 - MAY 19TH 2020 PETITIONER
43:39 - EMAILED HER RESIGNATION TO
43:41 - EMPLOYER, STATING THAT HER LAST
43:43 - DAY OF EMPLOYMENT
43:45 - WOULD BE TUESDAY MAY
43:47 - 2620 20. EMPLOYER RESPONDED BY
43:50 - SAME DAY
43:51 - DISCHARGING PETITIONER
43:53 - EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
43:55 - PETITIONER FILED FOR
43:56 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
43:58 - BENEFITS FOR THE WEEKS ENDING
43:59 - SATURDAY MAY 23RD AND
44:01 - SATURDAY MAY 30TH 2020.
44:04 - THE SERVICE CENTER DETERMINED
44:06 - PETITIONER WAS INELIGIBLE FOR
44:08 - BENEFITS UNDER THE UNEMPLOYMENT
44:10 - COMPENSATION LAW
44:12 - BECAUSE SHE VOLUNTARILY
44:13 - SEPARATED
44:14 - FROM EMPLOYER WITHOUT CAUSE OF
44:17 - THE NECESSITIES AND COMPELLING
44:18 - NATURE PETITIONER APPEALED TO
44:21 - THE REFEREE WHO DETERMINED TO
44:23 - THE PETITIONER WAS ELIGIBLE FOR
44:24 - BENEFITS FOR THE WEEK ENDING
44:26 - SATURDAY MAY
44:27 - 23RD 2020 BECAUSE HER
44:30 - UNEMPLOYMENT WAS DUE TO
44:31 - EMPLOYERS
44:32 - IMMEDIATE DISCHARGE ON THE DAY
44:34 - THAT SHE SUBMITTED
44:35 - HER RESIGNATION. CONVERSELY THE
44:37 - REFEREE CONCLUDED THE
44:39 - PETITIONER WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
44:40 - BENEFITS FOR THE WEEK ENDING
44:43 - SATURDAY MAY 30TH 2020
44:45 - THE WEEK IN WHICH HER
44:47 - RESIGNATION WOULD HAVE BEEN
44:48 - EFFECTIVE. BUT FOR EMPLOYERS
44:50 - DISCHARGE. THE REFEREE,
44:52 - THEREFORE IMPOSED A FAULT OVER
44:54 - PAYMENT FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF
44:56 - BENEFITS PETITION RECEIVED
44:58 - THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
45:00 - BOARD OF REVIEW AFFIRMED
45:01 - AND PETITION IS APPEAL TO THIS
45:03 - COURT FOLLOWED.
45:05 - THE PRIMARY ISSUE ON APPEAL IS
45:07 - WHETHER PETITIONER WHO SOUGHT
45:09 - UNEMPLOYMENT
45:10 - COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR A
45:12 - WEEK IN WHICH SHE WOULD HAVE
45:13 - WORKED BUT FOR EMPLOYERS
45:15 - IMMEDIATE DISCHARGE IS
45:17 - DISQUALIFIED FROM RECEIVING
45:18 - BENEFITS FOR
45:19 - THE WEEK IN WHICH A RESIGNATION
45:21 - WOULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE
45:23 - ON APPEAL PETITIONER ARGUES
45:25 - THAT THE
45:25 - BOARD ERRED IN CONCLUDING THAT
45:27 - HER UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE CLEAN
45:29 - WEEK ENDING SATURDAY MAY 30TH
45:31 - 2020 WAS DUE TO HER VOLUNTARY
45:34 - RESIGNATION, RATHER SHE ARGUES
45:37 - HER EMPLOYMENT WAS DUE TO
45:38 - EMPLOYERS ACCELERATION OF HER
45:41 - RESIGNATION DATE AND REFUSAL TO
45:43 - PERMIT HER TO WORK ARE
45:44 - SCHEDULED SHIFTS DURING THE
45:46 - CLAIM WEEK.
45:47 - IN RESPONSE THE BOARD MAINTAINS
45:49 - THE DISQUALIFYING CONDUCT THAT
45:52 - OCCURS AT ANY POINT DURING A
45:54 - CLAIM WEEK
45:56 - WENDERS AN INDIVIDUAL IN
45:58 - ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS FOR THE
46:00 - ENTIRE WEEK. DOES THE BOARD
46:02 - CONTENDS THE PETITIONER IS
46:04 - INELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS
46:06 - FOR THE CLAIM WEEK ENDING
46:07 - SATURDAY MAY 30TH 2020 BECAUSE
46:10 - HER VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION WAS
46:12 - EFFECTIVE. TUESDAY MAY 26 2020.
46:17 - SO
46:18 - FOR THAT.
46:20 - PETITIONER.
46:21 - >>I'M MICHAEL SIMON I'M HERE ON
46:23 - BEHALF OF THE DUQUESNE LAW
46:25 - SCHOOLS, UNEMPLOYMENT
46:26 - COMPENSATION CLINIC. I'D LIKE
46:28 - TO RESERVE 2 MINUTES FOR
46:29 - REBUTTAL. YOU HAVE IT.
46:32 - ALL RIGHT. JUST LAUNCHING INTO
46:35 - THERE ARE A
46:36 - COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT POINTS
46:38 - HERE AND THAT IS YOU KNOW THE
46:40 - FUNDAMENTAL THE LINCHPIN OF OUR
46:42 - ARGUMENT IS THE
46:43 - FACT THAT THE PETITIONERS
46:45 - UNEMPLOYMENT IN QUESTION WAS
46:47 - NOT WAS NOT DUE TO HER
46:49 - RESIGNATION IN THIS CASE.
46:52 - IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PETITIONER
46:54 - WAS A HEALTH CARE EMPLOYEE.
46:56 - AND AS SUCH SHE WAS AND SHE
46:57 - WORKED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
46:59 - SCHEDULE. THE SOCAL UNDER THE
47:00 - SO-CALLED 8.80 ROLE.
47:03 - THE PENNSYLVANIA, MINIMUM WAGE
47:05 - ACT IN FACT WAS AMENDED TO
47:06 - ALLOW THIS
47:07 - TO OCCUR FOR HEALTH CARE
47:09 - WORKERS IN PENNSYLVANIA, SO
47:10 - CONSEQUENTLY SHE WORKED
47:12 - 12 HOUR SHIFTS AND THEN THE
47:14 - WEEKEND QUESTION. SHE WAS
47:16 - SCHEDULED TO WORK IT'S CLEAR
47:18 - FROM THE RECORD BEFORE THE
47:19 - REFEREE. SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO
47:20 - WORK TO
47:21 - 36 HOUR SHIFTS. DURING EACH
47:26 - YOU AND IN THE WEEK IN QUESTION
47:28 - SHE WOULD HAVE WORKED FOR 36
47:30 - HOUR SHIFT PRIOR TO THE TIME OF
47:32 - HER RESIGNATION. SO UNDER THIS
47:35 - CIRCUMSTANCE HAD SHE BEEN
47:36 - PERMITTED TO WORK SHE WOULD
47:38 - HAVE BEEN FULL-TIME EMPLOYED,
47:40 - SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
47:41 - UNEMPLOYED PERIOD THE END AS
47:44 - A RESULT, THE
47:45 - EMPLOYERS ACTION IN
47:47 - ACCELERATING THE RESIGNATION
47:49 - ACCELERATING THE DATE OF THE
47:50 - RESIGNATION WHICH THEY'RE
47:51 - CERTAINLY ENTITLED TO DO.
47:53 - OF COURSE IN THIS CASE THEY
47:54 - DIDN'T PAY HER FOR THE DAYS,
47:56 - THIS IS WHAT IS IN IT IN PART
47:58 - SPECULATION THAT BUT YOU
48:00 - PROBABLY WOULDN'T WORK THOSE
48:02 - HOURS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW FOR
48:03 - CERTAIN THAT SHE WOULD HAVE
48:05 - WORK THOSE HOURS SEWING DOESN'T
48:06 - THAT BECOME.
48:08 - >>THE CONSIDERATION THAT THE
48:09 - COURT NEEDS TO VIEW WELL THE
48:11 - THERE THE THERE
48:12 - WELL IN OUR VIEW THERE REALLY
48:14 - ISN'T SPECULATION CONCERNING IT
48:16 - IN OUR VIEW THAT ACTUALLY GETS
48:17 - INTO AN ISSUE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT
48:19 - OF THE RECORD BEFORE
48:20 - THE REFEREE.
48:21 - >>BECAUSE UNDER THE
48:22 - CIRCUMSTANCE THE CLAIMANT
48:23 - PROS SAY INDICATED THE
48:26 - CIRCUMSTANCES THE REFEREE WAS
48:27 - AND IS A BOARD NOTES WAS
48:29 - UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS UNUSUAL
48:31 - ISSUED TO CONCERN THE
48:32 - SCHEDULING OF HEALTH CARE
48:33 - WORKERS. THE
48:34 - EMPLOYERS REPRESENTATIVE
48:35 - CONFIRMED THIS NOW IF THE COURT
48:37 - IS MENTIONING IT CAN SOMETHING
48:39 - PERHAPS HAVE
48:40 - HAPPENED YOU KNOW DURING THE
48:42 - COURSE OF THAT THE HUMAN EVENTS
48:43 - TO STOP HER FROM WORKING OR 3
48:45 - DAYS THAT WEEK CERTAINLY THAT
48:47 - IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE HAPPENED.
48:49 - I CAN'T
48:50 - DENY THAT BUT SHE WORRIES ME
48:52 - CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY 36 HOUR
48:54 - SHIFT TO A 12 TO 3.12 HOUR YOU
48:57 - CAN GET THIS BUT SUNDAY MONDAY
49:00 - AND TUESDAY 12 3.12 HOUR SHIFTS
49:03 - AND SHE WAS SCHEDULED FOR 3.12
49:04 - HOUR SHIFTS.
49:05 - >>THE DAY BEFORE THAT WAS HER
49:06 - FULL-TIME SCHEDULE AND SO WHAT
49:09 - TAKES THIS OUT OF CASES WHERE
49:11 - SOMEBODY FOR INSTANCE IS ON A
49:13 - LAYOFF STATUS AND THEN CHANGES
49:16 - TO YOU KNOW QUIT UNDER THE
49:19 - CIRCUMSTANCE OR THERE'S SOME
49:20 - CHANGE IN STATUS WHERE THERE'S
49:22 - A LOCKOUT AND
49:23 - SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS IN THE
49:24 - AIRSTRIKE GOOD TURNS INTO A
49:27 - OR OTHER A WALKOUT THAT TURNS
49:29 - INTO A STRIKE OR REFUSE TO GO
49:30 - TO WORK THOSE THINGS ARE IN
49:32 - SORT OF IN THEIR OWN SEPARATE
49:34 - WORLD. IF WE LOOK AT
49:35 - THE DEW TO ANALYSIS WHICH
49:37 - CAMPBELL ADVICE US TO DO AS
49:40 - WELL AS THE SUPREME
49:41 - COURT'S DECISIONS.
49:43 - >>IN A IN A YOU KNOW THE NORMAL
49:45 - IN CASE IN THE
49:46 - HIGH CASE.
49:47 - >>THEY'VE ALL SAID YOU NEED TO
49:49 - LOOK AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN
49:51 - EACH WEEK. SO THERE'S SOME
49:53 - INTEREST FOR ONE SOMETHING
49:55 - DOESN'T BOTHER THIS AND I'M
49:56 - HOPEFULLY
49:58 - >>UNLIKE MAJOR. SO IN
50:00 - THIS CASE, YOUR CLIENT WAS
50:03 - DENIED THOSE 3 SHIPS FOR THE
50:05 - WEEK RIGHT. YOU KNOW WE'RE
50:07 - GETTING OF THE SECOND WEEK
50:08 - THAT'S CORRECT AND WORK THE
50:09 - FIRST THE FIRST OF HER SHIFTS
50:12 - DURING THE FIRST WEEK ENDING
50:13 - MAY 23RD.
50:14 - >>AND THEN ASKED AFTER
50:16 - ANNOUNCING THAT SHE WOULD BE
50:18 - RESIGNING THAT'S RIGHT. OK.
50:19 - >>SO LET'S ASSUME FOR THE
50:21 - PURPOSES OF THIS HYPOTHETICAL
50:23 - SHE WORKED. THE FIRST 12 HOUR
50:26 - SHIFTS OF THAT SECOND WEEK.
50:28 - THE SECOND 12 HOUR SHIFT OF THE
50:30 - SECOND WEEK.
50:32 - AND THEN A PARTIAL ON THE 3RD.
50:37 - AFTER
50:37 - 6 HOURS THE MANAGEMENT SAID
50:39 - WELL WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
50:40 - PATIENT COUNT WE NEED TO LET
50:42 - SOMEONE GO.
50:44 - AND THEY SEND HER
50:45 - HOME THAT SHE GETS BENEFITS
50:46 - UNDER THAT SITUATION, YES, OUT
50:48 - OF THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES DUE
50:50 - TO
50:50 - THEIR ACTION. THE CASE IS SO SO
50:53 - LET ME TAKE A STEP FURTHER IF
50:55 - IT'S AN HOUR IF IT'S A MINUTE
50:56 - ANY TIME LESS THAN HER
50:58 - COMPLETE SHIFT. SHE'S AND OF
51:00 - THE BENEFITS THEY'VE STOPPED
51:01 - HER FROM WORKING THAT THAT THAT
51:03 - TIME AND THAT WOULD HAVE THAT
51:04 - WOULD HAVE TAKEN HER OUT OF
51:05 - BEING UNEMPLOYED.
51:07 - >>I MEAN SHE WOULD HAVE NOT
51:08 - BEEN HIM UNEMPLOYED HAD SHE
51:10 - BEEN PERMITTED
51:11 - TO WORK THAT'S THE DUE TO
51:13 - ANALYSIS HERE THAT'S THE
51:14 - GENESIS AND CAMPBELL AND ALL
51:16 - THESE OTHER CASES THAT HAVE
51:17 - COME AROUND. YOU KNOW IF YOU
51:19 - KNOW AND THAT'S A CIRCUMSTANCE
51:21 - THAT WE'RE FACING HERE BECAUSE
51:23 - SHE HAS TO BE FOR THE
51:24 - DISQUALIFICATION
51:26 - OF THE TIME PERIOD FOLLOWING A
51:28 - VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION WITHOUT
51:29 - COMPELLING IN SET OF
51:30 - CIRCUMSTANCES YOU KNOW THAT
51:33 - THAT'S THAT FITS INTO THE INTO
51:36 - THE MODEL ONLY IF IN FACT SHE
51:39 - WOULD HAVE
51:40 - BEEN UNEMPLOYED. SHE'S NOT
51:43 - UNEMPLOYED IS OR WOULD HAVE NOT
51:44 - BEEN UNEMPLOYED AS A RESULT
51:46 - OF THIS THEN WE HAVE
51:48 - A DIFFERENT SORT OF COURSE OF A
51:49 - DIFFERENT COLOR LITERALLY
51:51 - COUNCIL IS THE QUESTION I'M
51:54 - SOUL WAS.
51:55 - >>WAS NOT THE NATURE OF HER
51:58 - EMPLOYMENT BASED UPON THE
52:00 - AVAILABILITY
52:01 - OF PATIENTS.
52:02 - >>WHERE THE NEED FOR CARE BY
52:04 - PATIENTS, IT CERTAINLY WAS.
52:07 - IT CERTAINLY WAS I MEAN, YEAH
52:08 - SHE'S
52:09 - A GOOD WELL, YOU KNOW WE HAVE A
52:11 - DICHOTOMY HERE BECAUSE
52:13 - CERTAINLY PENNSYLVANIA IS AN
52:14 - AT-WILL STATE, HOWEVER
52:16 - UNEMPLOYMENT.
52:18 - >>KIND OF IMPOSES
52:19 - A FICTION ON ON ON THE THE
52:21 - CIRCUMSTANCES HERE IN THAT YOU
52:23 - KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE
52:24 - DISCHARGED ITS NEED TO BE FOR
52:26 - CAUSE IN ORDER TO HAVE A
52:28 - DISQUALIFICATION ET CETERA ET
52:29 - CETERA. SO WE HAVE 2 DIFFERENT
52:31 - WORLDS HERE CERTAINLY THE
52:33 - EMPLOYER WAS WITHIN THEIR
52:34 - RIGHTS.
52:35 - 2 TO SAY YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T
52:40 - WORK HERE ANY LONGER. THE
52:42 - QUESTION IS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
52:44 - PURPOSES HAD SHE BEEN PERMITTED
52:46 - TO WORK ARE SCHEDULED SHIFTS
52:48 - UNDER THAT TIME FRAME UNDER
52:49 - THAT TIME FRAME WOULD SHE HAVE
52:51 - BEEN
52:52 - UNEMPLOYED, YOU KNOW AND UNDER
52:55 - THE CIRCUMSTANCES IF SHE HAD
52:56 - WORKED HER FULL-TIME SCARE
52:58 - THAT'S WHAT SET THIS APART
53:00 - FROM THE OTHER CASES. THAT'S I
53:01 - THINK WHY WE HAVE THE
53:02 - SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER YOU KNOW
53:03 - CONCERNING THE BRIEFING BECAUSE
53:05 - SHE WOULD HAVE WORKED HER
53:06 - ENTIRE FULL-TIME SCHEDULE PRIOR
53:08 - TO THE DATA RESIGNATION,
53:10 - WHAT'S IT MATTER WHAT YOU DO
53:11 - AFTER YOU WORK YOUR
53:12 - FULL-TIME SCHEDULE. YOU ARE A
53:14 - FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OR WOULD
53:15 - HAVE BEEN THAT WEAK AND
53:17 - THEREFORE SHE WOULD NOT HAVE
53:19 - EVEN BEEN ELIGIBLE TO FILE A
53:21 - CLAIM BECAUSE SHE WOULD
53:23 - HAVE BEEN FULL TIME SO THE FACT
53:25 - OF WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE SAYING
53:27 - THAT THIS CASE IS SO DIFFERENT
53:29 - THEN ARE PRECEDENT THAT WE
53:31 - DON'T HAVE TO OVERRULE AND I
53:33 - ARE CASE LAW THAT IT'S GOING TO
53:34 - BE DISTINGUISHABLE BECAUSE OF
53:36 - THE DUE TO I THINK IT'S I THINK
53:39 - IT IS CONVINCE ENTIRELY
53:41 - WITH IN EXISTING PRECEDENT I
53:43 - DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING
53:44 - NEW OR NOVEL ABOUT THIS IT'S
53:46 - SIMPLY APPLYING WHAT WE HAVE
53:48 - ALREADY SEEN IN TERMS OF
53:50 - THESE CASES IT NEEDS A CAMPBELL
53:53 - ESTABLISHED PROXIMATE CAUSE IS
53:55 - BASICALLY THE TEST HERE
53:56 - WE KNOW ALSO THAT THERE CAN'T
53:58 - BE SOME SORT OF MATHEMATICAL
54:00 - CONFIGURATION LIKE THE BOARD
54:01 - WANTED TO DO WELL SHE WAS
54:02 - SCHEDULED FOR 3 DAYS WITH THE
54:04 - RESIGNATION WAS BEFORE WE'RE
54:06 - SUCH AND SUCH AND SO AND SO
54:07 - THAT YOU OFFICE AND HIT THE
54:08 - JACKPOT YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE
54:09 - SOME SOME SOME CONSIDERATION
54:11 - THAT THERE CAN'T BE A
54:13 - MATHEMATICAL BE TERMINATION
54:15 - BASED ON SIMPLY DAYS OF THE
54:16 - WEEK HERE AND IF WE GO AND
54:18 - APPLY PROXIMATE CAUSE ANALYSIS.
54:21 - THE RESIGNATION WAS
54:22 - ESSENTIALLY IRRELEVANT. YOU
54:24 - KNOW, AND WE HAVE A LINE OF
54:25 - CASES THAT ARE READY SAYS THAT
54:27 - THIS IS THE AGREE WITH WHAT
54:28 - YOU'RE TELLING US TO REALLY TO
54:30 - RE MANDATE TO GET DEVELOPED AND
54:32 - I THINK QUITE AND NEEDS TO BE
54:34 - AND THIS IS KIND OF ON A
54:35 - DIFFERENT POINT.
54:37 - >>BUT THE YOU KNOW I HAVE THAT
54:39 - REGARD FOR REFEREE SPEAKER WHO
54:41 - RECENTLY JUST AS AN ASIDE HIS
54:44 - MOTHER WAS THE BEST PIANO
54:49 - PUT YOU KNOW, BUT THE BOTTOM
54:50 - LINE IS AND HE'S VERY
54:52 - THOUGHTFUL TRANSPARENT REFEREE.
54:54 - THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL
54:56 - IN TERMS OF THE FACTS AND WHEN
54:58 - CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WERE
54:59 - PRESENTED IN FRONT OF THEM.
55:00 - YOU KNOW HE DIDN'T GO FURTHER
55:02 - WITH RESPECT TO THIS.
55:04 - YOU KNOW AND WITH HEARING THE
55:06 - VILE SCHEDULED 3 DAYS THIS
55:08 - WEEK'S 3 DAYS THAT WE IT BECAME
55:10 - CLEARER BEFORE THE BOARD.
55:12 - YOU KNOW WHEN THE CLAIMANTS
55:13 - APPEAL TO THE BOARD.
55:15 - YOU KNOW WHEN SHE SPECIFIED
55:17 - THIS, BUT AGAIN SHE'S PRO SE IN
55:18 - OUR ONE OF OUR POINT IS THAT IN
55:21 - FACT THERE SHOULD BE SOME
55:22 - ADDITIONAL FACTUAL DEVELOPMENT
55:24 - OF THE RECORD HERE JUST
55:26 - BECAUSE THE REFEREE
55:27 - INADVERTENTLY DIDN'T DEVELOP
55:29 - THE FACTS AS FULLY AS THEY
55:31 - SHOULD HAVE BEEN
55:32 - YOU KNOW THE BOARD DIDN'T TAKE
55:34 - INTO CONSIDERATION. THE FACT
55:35 - SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN
55:36 - FULL TIME. FOR THE FULL-TIME
55:38 - HOURS ALL THEY SAID WAS WELL
55:39 - SHE WOULD WORK 3 DAYS AND NOT
55:41 - WORK FOR AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
55:43 - BUT WAS SHE WOULD SHE HAVE.
55:47 - >>THE THREE-DAY CENTS. IF THERE
55:50 - WERE NOT ANY
55:51 - NEED FOR HER TO WORK IT BECAUSE
55:53 - IT WAS
55:54 - NO PATIENT.
55:55 - >>THAT'S IN NEED OF CARE THAT'S
55:57 - UP TO THE EMPLOYER, I MEAN YOU
55:59 - KNOW QUITE FRANKLY THAT
55:59 - SOMETHING IMPORTANT I THINK IT
56:00 - BEARS ON HER ELIGIBILITY FOR
56:02 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ABOUT
56:04 - WHETHER OR NOT
56:05 - BUT WHETHER OR NOT HER
56:06 - UNEMPLOYMENT WAS DUE TO BECAUSE
56:09 - THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
56:09 - SAME THING.
56:10 - >>WHAT WAS SHE WORKING AND
56:12 - FORGIVE ME WAS
56:13 - SHE WORKING FOR THE COMPANY OR
56:15 - WAS SHE WORKING AS AN
56:16 - INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR KNOW SHE
56:17 - WAS WORKING FOR THE COMPANY SHE
56:19 - HAD BEEN A
56:19 - LONG COVID.
56:21 - >>SHE GOT A CONTRACT THAT THE
56:22 - WALLET FOR IT CAME BACK, YOU
56:25 - KNOW CAME BACK
56:26 - AND THEN I DON'T YOU LIKE THE
56:29 - CONDITIONS OF FOR QUITE FRANKLY
56:30 - AFTER SHE HAD THEIR NOTICE SHE
56:32 - WAS GETTING ANOTHER JOB I THINK
56:34 - YOU WANT TO WORK FOR UPMC OR
56:35 - SOMETHING ELSE
56:36 - AFTER THAT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE
56:37 - HERE IS THEY WOULDN'T EVEN BEEN
56:39 - A CLAIM HAVE THE EMPLOYER.
56:41 - YOU KNOW JUST ALLOWED HER TO
56:42 - WORK OR SHIPS OR 4.
56:43 - YOU KEEP ON COMING BACK TO YOU
56:45 - WE KEEP ON COMING BACK TO THE
56:46 - REBEL HOLDER SAYING THAT BUT
56:48 - FOR WHAT THEY DID HER
56:49 - RESIGNATION WAS BASICALLY YOU
56:52 - KNOW WAS AN APPEALING TARGET
56:54 - TO HIT.
56:55 - >>YOU KNOW THE RESIGNATION HAD
56:56 - NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT
56:58 - THAT SHE WAS UNEMPLOYED HERE
56:59 - WAS ALL THE EMPLOYERS CONDUCT
57:01 - AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT WEEK TO
57:02 - WEEK. YOU KNOW
57:04 - WE HAVE A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE
57:05 - WEEK ONE THEY DO THAT AND WE
57:07 - CAN TO THEIR ACTIONS HAVE THE
57:08 - SAME EFFECTS I'M
57:09 - NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
57:11 - WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS USING THE
57:13 - CASE LAW THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT
57:14 - OF US
57:15 - AND WE'RE YOU KNOW CONSTRAINED
57:18 - TO
57:18 - SAY THAT BUT FOR WORKING THIS
57:21 - SHIFT IF YOU WORK 36 HOURS SHE
57:23 - WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED.
57:25 - >>WELL IN FACT IF YOU LOOK AT
57:26 - THE DEFINITION OF
57:28 - WE IT SAYS IT MEANS ANY
57:31 - CALENDAR WEEK ENDING AT
57:32 - MIDNIGHT
57:33 - SATURDAY, OR THE EQUIVALENT
57:36 - THAT'S RIGHT SO I SUPPOSE THERE
57:39 - ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS LOOKING AT
57:41 - IT, YOU KNOW YEARS ARE SAYING
57:43 - THE EQUIVALENT OF HER WEEK WAS
57:45 - MAYBE ONE THAT ENDED. YOU KNOW
57:48 - AS HER SHIFTED OR CONVERSELY
57:51 - WHAT IS TO USE
57:53 - ANOTHER HYPOTHETICAL, SOMEBODY
57:55 - WORKED.
57:58 - YOU
57:59 - WAS FRIDAY. SO THEY THEY GIVE
58:04 - GAVE THE RESIGNATION AS OF
58:05 - FRIDAY. BUT NOT SATURDAY
58:08 - WHEN THEY WOULDN'T WORK
58:08 - SATURDAY ANYWAY DOES THAT MEAN
58:10 - THAT IF THEIR EMPLOYER FIRES
58:12 - THEM AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO
58:13 - WORK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
58:16 - THEY STILL
58:16 - DON'T GET THAT IS IF THESE
58:18 - COULD CONCEIVABLY IT COULD
58:21 - CONCEIVABLY HAVE THAT THEY HAVE
58:22 - IF THEY HAD WORKED ALL WEEK IT
58:24 - BECOMES A THEORETICAL ISSUE
58:25 - BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE
58:27 - UNEMPLOYED, THEY MIGHT HAVE
58:28 - BEEN UNEMPLOYED EMPLOYER
58:29 - DISCHARGES THEM BUT.
58:31 - >>INSTEAD OF HER DAY BEING
58:32 - WEDNESDAY WHAT IF IT HAD BEEN
58:34 - FRIDAY IT THIS IS IT STILL
58:36 - WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SATURDAY
58:37 - THAT MIDNIGHT THAT'S RIGHT
58:38 - THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW THE
58:39 - POINT IS I MEAN WHAT WE HAVE A
58:41 - COUPLE DIFFERENT TRAINS A WEEK
58:42 - DEFINITION IS CERTAINLY
58:43 - IMPORTANT. BUT THE FACT IS THAT
58:45 - YOU CANNOT BE
58:46 - THE EMPLOYEE, WHATEVER YOUR
58:47 - FULL-TIME SCHEDULE IS IN THE
58:48 - BOARD HAS NEVER MADE ANY ROOM,
58:50 - YOU KNOW HARD AND FAST RULES
58:51 - ABOUT THIS, BUT WHATEVER YOUR
58:52 - FULL-TIME SCHEDULE IS YOUR FULL
58:54 - TIME YOU'RE NOT UNEMPLOYED.
58:56 - YOU KNOW AND SO THAT'S WHAT
58:57 - WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE.
58:58 - I KNOW GETTING SHORT JUST A
59:00 - COUPLE OTHER POINTS ON THE
59:02 - COVID BILL IF THE BOARD
59:03 - DISAGREES ARE THAT COURT
59:04 - DISAGREES WITH ME
59:06 - WE DON'T THINK THE OVERPAYMENT
59:07 - SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A FAULT
59:09 - OVERPAYMENT HERE THERE'S NO
59:11 - EVIDENCE OF ANY SEE ENTER ON
59:12 - THE PART THAT WAS AT
59:13 - ISSUE WAIVED WHAT WAS THAT
59:15 - ISSUE NO NOT
59:16 - AT ALL. YOU KNOW THAT AND I
59:18 - APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S POSITION
59:20 - BUT THE CLAIMANT SPECIFICALLY
59:21 - RAISED THE ISSUE OF THE
59:23 - OVERPAYMENT TO THE BOARD SHE
59:25 - DID NOT SPECIFY THE
59:26 - CLASSIFICATION SHE SAID REASONS
59:28 - FOR APPEAL AND I I CAN QUOTE,
59:30 - BUT
59:30 - IT SAID, YOU KNOW I I OVER
59:33 - PAYMENT OF $558 WAS IMPOSED IN
59:36 - SUCH AND SUCH AND SUCH AND SUCH
59:37 - AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN
59:38 - DISQUALIFIED AND SO THE SET AND
59:39 - YOU HAVE.
59:40 - >>UNDER THE EXISTING CASE LAW
59:42 - THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT THAT
59:43 - SUFFICIENT TO BRING UP THE
59:46 - ISSUE BECAUSE THE
59:47 - CLASSIFICATION ISSUE IS
59:48 - SUBSUMED COMPLETELY IN THE
59:50 - OVERPAYMENT I DON'T THINK YOU
59:52 - NEED TO HAVE A CLAIMANT I MEAN
59:54 - IT WOULD HAVE
59:54 - BEEN NICE. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD
59:56 - HAVE BEEN NICER CLEANER IF SHE
59:58 - SAID I WAS IMPOSED A FAULT
59:59 - 619 OVERPAYMENT I DON'T THINK I
01:00 - 01.269 SHOULD HAVE BEEN OF THOSE
01:00 - 03.029 INVOLVED OVERPAYMENT BUT FOR A
01:00 - 04.829 PRO SE CLAIMANT AND USING THE
01:00 - 06.279 CASES THAT WE'VE SEEN OUR
01:00 - 08.349 JURISPRUDENCE YOU KNOW FOR
01:00 - 10.409 INSTANCE RAISING A POINT ABOUT
01:00 - 11.339 A STATUE,
01:00 - 12.699 YOU KNOW AND ONE OF ONE OF THE
01:00 - 14.179 CASES I CITED IN MY BRIEF WAS
01:00 - 15.669 SUFFICIENT TO RAISE THE ISSUE
01:00 - 16.759 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE
01:00 - 18.109 STATUTE, YOU KNOW WAS
01:00 - 19.799 CONSTITUTIONAL WHATEVER ELSE
01:00 - 20.949 THERE ARE YOU KNOW WHAT RACE
01:00 - 22.269 OTHER INFIRMITIES CONCERNING
01:00 - 24.409 THE STATUTE IN THIS PARTICULAR
01:00 - 26.529 CASE HERE ONCE YOU HIT THE
01:00 - 28.399 MAGIC WORDS OVERPAYMENT AND
01:00 - 30.319 THAT'S A REASON FOR THE APPEAL.
01:00 - 31.749 I THINK THAT'S SUFFICIENT
01:00 - 33.399 SAYING IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:00 - 47.239 >>MAYBE IT'S THE COURT SHOW FOR
01:00 - 48.199 COUNSEL FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT
01:00 - 49.669 COMPENSATION BOARD OF REVIEW.
01:00 - 51.419 THE ISSUE BEFORE THIS COURT IS
01:00 - 52.319 WHETHER THE CLAIM IT SHOULD BE
01:00 - 53.699 INELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS WITH
01:00 - 55.199 THE RESIGNATION WAS EFFECTIVE
01:00 - 56.149 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND
01:00 - 57.749 ISSUE. THIS COURT HAS
01:00 - 59.039 CONSISTENTLY HELD ITS
01:00 - 00.629 QUALIFYING CONDUCT DURING WEEK
01:01 - 02.039 IS QUALIFIED FOR THE ENTIRE
01:01 - 04.909 SHE WAS EXPLICITLY BEFORE THIS
01:01 - 06.759 COURT IS MOSS WHAT WHAT DAY WAS
01:01 - 07.579 MAY 30TH.
01:01 - 10.569 MAY WELL, WHATEVER FINAL THAT
01:01 - 11.919 WILL RESONATE THE RESIGNATION
01:01 - 13.159 WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON TUESDAY
01:01 - 14.289 ARE ALL RIGHT REMEMBER THE DATE
01:01 - 15.029 OF THAT.
01:01 - 17.479 THE DATE BUT THE FAMILY WAS
01:01 - 19.159 ADMITTED TUESDAY THAT THEIR
01:01 - 20.679 SCHEDULE WERE NOT AVOIDED
01:01 - 21.969 MONDAY TUESDAY. WE DON'T KNOW
01:01 - 24.049 YOUR HONOR. IT'S NOT THE THE
01:01 - 25.059 WEEK THAT SHE SUBMITTED HER
01:01 - 27.709 RESIGNATION SHE WORKED MONDAY
01:01 - 28.139 AND NOT
01:01 - 30.959 ON TUESDAY. SO THAT SHE
01:01 - 32.149 SUBMITTED HER RESIGNATION AND
01:01 - 33.909 DIDN'T WORK IS THAT WHY REAMIN
01:01 - 35.399 FOR FEDERAL FINDINGS I DON'T
01:01 - 36.859 THINK DOES YOUR HONOR BECAUSE
01:01 - 37.819 THE CLAIMANT TO NOT
01:01 - 39.359 SUFFICIENTLY RAISE THE ISSUE
01:01 - 40.119 FOR THE
01:01 - 42.849 REFEREE TO YOU KNOW TO ASK
01:01 - 44.099 QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FOR THE
01:01 - 44.629 MORE ITS NOT
01:01 - 47.199 RELEVANT BECAUSE HAD BASED THE
01:01 - 48.379 REFEREE BASED ON ALL THE
01:01 - 49.379 PRESIDENT AT THE TIME WERE
01:01 - 50.969 DISQUALIFIED CONDUCT AT ANY
01:01 - 52.359 POINT DURING THE WEEK IS
01:01 - 52.979 QUALIFIED FOR THE
01:01 - 54.919 ENTIRE READ WHAT WAS THIS
01:01 - 56.859 QUALIFYING CONDUCT BECAUSE
01:01 - 57.889 EFFECTIVENESS OF HER
01:01 - 58.549 RESIGNATION,
01:01 - 00.579 YOUR HONOR, NO, BUT SHE WON HER
01:02 - 02.569 LAST DAY TO BE THE FOLLOWING
01:02 - 04.549 WEEK UNITED NOT THAT DAY WAS
01:02 - 05.519 THE EMPLOYER.
01:02 - 06.599 >>YOU'RE RIGHT HERE ON YOUR
01:02 - 07.979 SHOULDER WHO SHOWED HER
01:02 - 10.439 THE DOOR AND IF WE ARE TO
01:02 - 12.019 CONSTRUE THIS STATUTE AS WE
01:02 - 14.679 MUST AS FOR ME DEAL. DON'T WE
01:02 - 15.819 NEED TO FIND IN FAVOR OF
01:02 - 16.409 THE CLAIMANT.
01:02 - 18.079 >>NOTICE EARLIER BECAUSE THE
01:02 - 20.179 DISQUALIFYING CONDUCT IS THE
01:02 - 20.999 EFFECTIVENESS OF
01:02 - 23.489 HER RESIGNATION, IT USED A WEEK
01:02 - 25.409 LATER TO ANY EFFECTIVENESS OF
01:02 - 26.469 HER RESIGNATION.
01:02 - 28.899 WHEN SHE WHICH SHE WAS
01:02 - 30.179 DISQUALIFIED FOR BENEFITS UNDER
01:02 - 31.349 SECTION 4 TO BE OF
01:02 - 33.399 THE LAW AND CLAIM IT IS NOT
01:02 - 35.199 DISPUTED THE DISQUALIFICATION
01:02 - 35.849 ONLY WHEN IT
01:02 - 38.489 TAKES EFFECT SO THE CORRECT BUT
01:02 - 40.239 IT WAS THE EMPLOYER'S CONDUCT.
01:02 - 42.359 THAT CAUSED HER TO BE
01:02 - 44.839 UNEMPLOYED. THEY WERE READY FOR
01:02 - 46.889 THE FIRST. 2 WEEKS YOUR HONOR
01:02 - 47.849 BUT THEN NEED IN THE
01:02 - 49.949 3RD WEEK. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
01:02 - 51.119 HER RESIGNATION WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:02 - 51.809 A DISQUALIFYING
01:02 - 53.649 CONDUCT SO THIS COURT HAS
01:02 - 54.959 CONSISTENTLY HELD THAT ANY TIME
01:02 - 56.129 THERE IS DISQUALIFYING CONDUCT
01:02 - 57.919 IN THIS CASE, A RESIGNATION
01:02 - 58.799 WITHOUT AN ASSESSED THIS
01:02 - 01.039 COMPELLING REASON THEN IF IT
01:03 - 03.209 ANY 0 POINT DURING THAT WEEK.
01:03 - 03.809 THEN
01:03 - 06.079 THIS QUALIFICATION FLASH FOR
01:03 - 07.499 THE ENTIRE WEEK BECAUSE DOESN'T
01:03 - 09.129 THAT MAKE SENSE IF YOU IF YOU
01:03 - 10.119 THINK ABOUT IT.
01:03 - 15.889 >>IF THIS HAD HAPPENED THE WAY
01:03 - 17.119 SHE WANTED TO
01:03 - 18.959 AND HER LAST DAY HAD BEEN
01:03 - 21.539 TUESDAY. AND THAT WAS WHEN SHE
01:03 - 22.099 LEFT.
01:03 - 25.629 SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID FOR
01:03 - 27.289 THE TIME THAT SHE WORKED AND
01:03 - 28.509 SHE WOULDN'T BE PAID FOR THE
01:03 - 29.219 TIME THAT SHE
01:03 - 31.229 DIDN'T WORK THE TIME THAT SHE
01:03 - 33.049 DIDN'T WORK WAS A RESULT OF HER
01:03 - 33.639 OWN
01:03 - 37.249 CONDUCT. AND SO THEREFORE SHE
01:03 - 38.439 WOULDN'T BE DESERVING OF
01:03 - 40.509 UNEMPLOYMENT COMP AND SO THAT
01:03 - 42.179 RULE MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
01:03 - 45.429 WHEN IT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
01:03 - 48.049 INDIVIDUAL. BUT HERE. IT
01:03 - 50.159 WAS EMPLOYERS FIRING
01:03 - 52.879 OF HER THAT CAUSED HER NOT TO
01:03 - 54.869 BE ABLE TO WORK THOSE FIRST
01:03 - 57.589 2 DAYS. SO ARE 3 DAYS IF IT
01:03 - 58.059 BEGAN ON
01:03 - 00.759 A SUNDAY. SO WHY SHOULD
01:04 - 03.399 EMPLOYER GET THE BENEFIT OF NOT
01:04 - 04.799 HAVING TO PAY HER IT ALL
01:04 - 06.449 REMEMBER THIS IS INSURANCE IT'S
01:04 - 08.189 NOT A GIFT SHE'S BEEN
01:04 - 10.209 CONTRIBUTING TO THIS DURING THE
01:04 - 11.519 TIME THAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING
01:04 - 12.739 EMPLOYER HAS TO.
01:04 - 17.399 IT'S INSURANCE. SO WHY.
01:04 - 20.349 WHY SHOULD WE READ THE STATUTE
01:04 - 23.319 THE WAY YOU SAY IT WORKS WHEN
01:04 - 25.499 THAT IS THE CAUSE OF
01:04 - 27.439 HER UNEMPLOYMENT. BUT HER
01:04 - 29.069 UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE FIRST 3
01:04 - 31.449 DAYS OF THAT WEEK WAS NOT HER
01:04 - 33.459 OWN DOING BECAUSE
01:04 - 34.239 THIS COURT.
01:04 - 36.979 >>IN DEMOSS RECOGNIZED
01:04 - 39.119 THAT THE USE OF THE WORDS ANY
01:04 - 40.249 WE DO KNOW THE LEGISLATIVE
01:04 - 41.719 INTENT TO THAT EMPLOYED WORKERS
01:04 - 42.999 SHOW ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS
01:04 - 44.979 DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF
01:04 - 46.699 SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND THE
01:04 - 48.089 DISQUALIFIED CONDUCT DURING A
01:04 - 49.149 PORTION OF THE WEEK WITH
01:04 - 50.769 RESULT. THE LOSS OF BENEFITS
01:04 - 51.739 FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK
01:04 - 55.029 FURTHERMORE, CLAIMANTS ARGUMENT
01:04 - 56.929 IS HAS ALREADY BEEN REFUTED IN
01:04 - 00.239 A MOTTO, THE MOSQUE CASE THAT
01:05 - 00.829 YOU SAY
01:05 - 02.739 THIS RIGHT WITH THE FACTS ARE
01:05 - 04.519 THE FACTS TO SIMILAR ARE THEY
01:05 - 06.339 THE SAME THEY WERE DIFFERENT IN
01:05 - 07.159 THAT THE.
01:05 - 09.679 >>CLAIMANTS HAD BEEN PROHIBITED
01:05 - 12.069 FROM WORKING FOR A PART OF THE
01:05 - 12.499 WEEK.
01:05 - 14.049 >>DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES THERE
01:05 - 15.659 OUTSIDE THE CONTROL THERE WAS
01:05 - 17.759 THERE WAS A STRIKE AND THEY'RE
01:05 - 19.389 VERY GOOD SET OF THE PROHIBITED
01:05 - 20.819 THESE CLAIMANTS FROM ENTERING
01:05 - 21.809 THE WORKPLACE. WE MADE THE
01:05 - 23.009 CHOICE RIGHT AND
01:05 - 24.899 THEN TOO SUBSEQUENT IN THE WEEK
01:05 - 25.869 THEY MADE THE CHOICE TO
01:05 - 29.309 NOT CONTINUE. THE FACTS ARE
01:05 - 30.479 DIFFERENT THEY'RE SLIGHTLY
01:05 - 31.989 DIFFERENT BUT THE THE
01:05 - 33.879 RECOGNITION OF THE SUPREME ARE
01:05 - 36.109 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INTENT
01:05 - 37.969 IN REQUIRING ELIGIBILITY
01:05 - 39.259 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF
01:05 - 41.729 THE WEEK IS CONSISTENT IN EVEN
01:05 - 43.279 IF THE SUPREME COURT, YES, YOUR
01:05 - 43.489 HONOR.
01:05 - 45.959 >>IN THIS CASE. DO YOU PERCEIVE
01:05 - 47.079 THE CLAIM THAT IS BEING
01:05 - 48.949 PUNISHED FOR GIVING.
01:05 - 52.049 >>NOTICE WHAT HER FUTURE PLANS
01:05 - 52.719 TO RESIGN.
01:05 - 55.259 >>I'VE NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT,
01:05 - 56.689 BUT YOUR HONOR BECAUSE I DON'T
01:05 - 59.099 THINK THAT'S CLAIMANTS, YOU
01:05 - 59.989 KNOW AS I STATED
01:05 - 01.919 IT'S A IT'S AN AT-WILL STATE
01:06 - 03.819 AND CIRCUMSTANCES SOMETIMES ON
01:06 - 05.499 INDIVIDUALS CAN EMPLOY RIGHTLY
01:06 - 07.819 SO AND I WILL STATE THAT IF THE
01:06 - 09.069 EMPLOYER CHOOSES TO LET
01:06 - 10.039 SOMEONE GO.
01:06 - 11.909 >>THE PERSON DIDN'T VOLUNTARILY
01:06 - 13.909 QUIT AS A PERSON ENTITLED THE
01:06 - 14.659 BENEFITS.
01:06 - 17.039 UNLESS THE
01:06 - 18.569 INDIVIDUAL HAS QUIT AND THE
01:06 - 19.509 EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT
01:06 - 20.929 RESIGNATION TAKES PLACE DURING
01:06 - 22.279 THE WEEK IN WHICH HE WANTS TO
01:06 - 23.569 FILE CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS.
01:06 - 25.589 >>IN FACT, ONE OF THE CASES
01:06 - 26.899 THAT THIS COURT RECENTLY ISSUED
01:06 - 27.779 LESS THAN A YEAR AGO SOME
01:06 - 29.969 CABBAGE HAD TO CLAIMANTS WHO
01:06 - 31.919 WAS ELECT WORK THROUGH A
01:06 - 33.789 FRIDAY AND THE ADDITION OF A
01:06 - 34.789 SECOND YOU SAY THE NAME OF THE
01:06 - 36.739 CASES IN CABOT AUSTIN KIMMICH
01:06 - 39.349 IT'S IN I BELIEVE IT'S IN AT
01:06 - 40.789 LEAST ONE OF MY BRIEFS OF THE
01:06 - 41.939 MYRIAD WE FILED.
01:06 - 45.009 WELL IN THAT CASE, THE CLAIMANT
01:06 - 47.109 WAS UNEMPLOYED DUE TO LACK
01:06 - 48.829 OF WORK THROUGH FRIDAY AND THAT
01:06 - 49.709 SHE PUT IN HER NOTICE OF
01:06 - 51.489 RETIREMENT, IT WOULD TAKE THIS
01:06 - 52.859 TO THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION IS
01:06 - 54.099 CLAIMING HE'S ARGUED THAT.
01:06 - 55.849 WELL MOST OF THAT WEEK THE
01:06 - 56.939 CLAIM WAS SIMPLY DUE TO LACK
01:06 - 58.639 WORK, YES, THE TIMEFRAME IS
01:06 - 01.399 IS SWITCHED WHAT IS THE SAME
01:07 - 03.429 ONE SHE I'M RETIRED AND
01:07 - 04.569 GOT SEVERANCE.
01:07 - 06.879 >>WITH HER 7 RUNS IN THAT CASE
01:07 - 08.429 OF DISQUALIFIED OR ANY WAY FOR
01:07 - 09.989 MISSING WHEN SHE WAS PRESENT
01:07 - 11.389 THERE WAS A PRO SE CLAIMANT WHO
01:07 - 13.559 WAS NEVER REPRESENTED. SO IT'S
01:07 - 16.499 AWKWARD TO YOU KNOW PRESIDENT
01:07 - 18.049 BASED ON THAT THAT TYPE OF
01:07 - 19.369 SITUATION BUT ANYWAY.
01:07 - 20.979 WITH THE SEVERANCE HAVE
01:07 - 23.089 DISQUALIFIED TO SEVERANCE IS AN
01:07 - 24.839 AWKWARD SCENARIO BECAUSE IT
01:07 - 27.119 SUBSTANTIVELY SUBSTANTIVELY
01:07 - 28.079 DISQUALIFY ONE FROM
01:07 - 29.129 RECEIVING BENEFITS.
01:07 - 30.229 >>WHAT IT DOES IS IT
01:07 - 31.599 MATHEMATICALLY REDUCES THEIR
01:07 - 33.769 BENEFITS TO 0 SO THERE'S STILL
01:07 - 35.549 SO SHE WOULDN'T AS THE CLAIMANT
01:07 - 37.429 IN THAT CASE HAVING COME INTO A
01:07 - 39.709 LARGE SEVERANCE AT THE END
01:07 - 41.499 WHICH IS WHAT. WHAT
01:07 - 45.439 MOTIVATED HER. A DESIRE TO TO
01:07 - 46.999 LEAVE WORK BECAUSE EMPLOYER
01:07 - 48.569 OFFERED HER THE SEVERANCE IF
01:07 - 49.439 SHE WOULD DO SO
01:07 - 52.019 WOULD HAVE I'M UNABLE TO
01:07 - 53.209 RECEIVE 0 IN
01:07 - 55.319 UNEMPLOYMENT COME, CORRECT, BUT
01:07 - 56.549 YOUR HONOR THAT IF I REMEMBER
01:07 - 57.399 CORRECTLY THE CASE
01:07 - 59.409 WAS DECIDED UNDER SECTION 4 TO
01:07 - 00.889 BE OF THE LAW SO SHE WAS
01:08 - 02.439 SUBSTANTIVELY DISQUALIFIED
01:08 - 03.599 BECAUSE SHE LACKED AN ASSESSED
01:08 - 04.669 AS COMPELLING REASON TO QUIT
01:08 - 05.419 JUST AS THE CLAIM THAT
01:08 - 05.899 IT HERE.
01:08 - 06.889 >>YOU SAID WE SHOULD LOOK AT
01:08 - 08.319 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INTENT
01:08 - 09.609 BASED ON THE DEFINITION OF
01:08 - 10.039 WEEK.
01:08 - 12.169 NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON THE
01:08 - 13.449 DEFINITION OF WEEK YOUR HONOR
01:08 - 14.889 BUT BASED ON THE FREEZING OF
01:08 - 16.299 SECTION FOR 2 OF THE LAW.
01:08 - 17.899 >>THAT SUPREME COURT IN THE
01:08 - 20.669 APARTMENT. FOR AND AFFIRMED BUT
01:08 - 21.769 RECOGNIZE THE SAME.
01:08 - 24.879 SUCH HENRI INTERPRETATION IS IN
01:08 - 25.899 THE MOSQUE WHEN STATING THAT
01:08 - 27.099 THIS PARTICULAR PHRASE IN A
01:08 - 28.509 SECTION FOR 2 OF THE LAW
01:08 - 30.499 SHOWING THAT TO ANY WEEK.
01:08 - 32.789 EVIDENCE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S
01:08 - 33.669 INTEND TO APPLY THOSE
01:08 - 34.659 PROVISIONS REGARDLESS OF THE
01:08 - 35.199 DURATION OF THE
01:08 - 37.129 DISQUALIFIED CONDUCT SUGGEST
01:08 - 38.199 THE CLAIM IS INELIGIBLE IN THE
01:08 - 39.859 COUNTRY CURSED AT ANY TIME
01:08 - 42.099 DURING THE THE DUMBEST FACTOR
01:08 - 43.609 DIFFERENT I THINK WE'VE AGREED
01:08 - 44.139 ON THAT.
01:08 - 46.749 >>SO I GO BACK TO
01:08 - 48.419 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HERE DID
01:08 - 50.359 STAY ITS INTENT FOR THE PURPOSE
01:08 - 52.049 OF THIS LAW AND BASICALLY WHAT
01:08 - 52.809 THEY SAID WAS
01:08 - 54.889 THE CLAIM IT BECOMES UNEMPLOYED
01:08 - 56.339 THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
01:08 - 58.909 THEN THE STATE WILL
01:08 - 01.199 ASSIST FINANCIALLY INTO A
01:09 - 02.449 PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE
01:09 - 04.809 CONTRIBUTED. SO THEY CAN HAVE
01:09 - 07.269 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. WE
01:09 - 08.749 RESPECT YOUR HONOR I DISAGREE
01:09 - 11.249 >>THE INTERPRETATION THAT WAS
01:09 - 12.649 LOOKED AT WAS NOT JUST WEEK.
01:09 - 14.579 IT WAS USING THE WORD.
01:09 - 17.619 64 TO OF ALL REQUIRES AN
01:09 - 18.709 EMPLOYEE SHOWED YOU KNOW THE
01:09 - 19.819 BILL FOR COMPENSATION FOR A
01:09 - 21.349 WEEK IN WHICH IS THAT
01:09 - 23.829 UNEMPLOYMENT IS DUE TO SO SO IN
01:09 - 24.999 THAT VOICE FOR THE FACTS, THE
01:09 - 26.609 SAME THE FACTS DON'T NEED TO
01:09 - 28.699 SAME FOR THE LOT OF THESE I I
01:09 - 31.089 UNDERSTAND BUT I'M ASKING YOU
01:09 - 32.499 DIFFERENT QUESTION AND MY
01:09 - 34.209 QUESTION IS THAT I KNOW
01:09 - 36.269 SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT IN HARM
01:09 - 37.809 AND THE CASE WAS SECTION FOR
01:09 - 40.719 2.6 OF ALL WHICH RIPPED WHICH
01:09 - 44.469 CONTRASTED THE THE LANGUAGE OF
01:09 - 46.209 THAT WHICH YOU KNOW WE ALSO GET
01:09 - 48.029 WINDY ALSO GET DURING VS
01:09 - 52.019 IN AND WHEN THE STATUTE SAYS
01:09 - 54.009 UNEMPLOYED DUE TO.
01:10 - 01.279 SHELL BE ELIGIBLE FOR
01:10 - 02.869 COMPENSATION IN ANY WEEK.
01:10 - 05.999 IN WHICH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
01:10 - 06.829 THESE CASES THE
01:10 - 09.579 IN WHICH NOT THE WEEK OR THE
01:10 - 11.069 DUE TO ITS IN WHICH
01:10 - 12.629 BECAUSE IN WHICH IS WHEN THE
01:10 - 14.439 CONDUCT OCCURS AND THE CONDUCT
01:10 - 16.149 THAT OCCURRED HERE WAS THE
01:10 - 17.399 CLAIMANTS RESIGNATION
01:10 - 20.979 BEING EFFECTIVE AND THE BOSS IN
01:10 - 23.289 A MOTTO AND SOME CABBAGE THAT
01:10 - 25.169 WE HAVE WE GET RULES OF LAW
01:10 - 26.719 BASED ON FACTS
01:10 - 28.329 AND SO WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT
01:10 - 29.649 THE FACTS AND CONCLUDE THEIR
01:10 - 31.969 EYES. 2 OF THE FACTS ARE IN
01:10 - 33.679 THIS CASE OR ANY OTHER CASE.
01:10 - 35.909 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR HONOR
01:10 - 37.559 BUT THIS ISN'T A MODEST SUPPORT
01:10 - 40.069 THE PETITIONERS POSITION BUT NO
01:10 - 41.769 YOUR HONOR DOES NOT IT ACTUALLY
01:10 - 42.199 SUPPORTS THE
01:10 - 44.409 BOARD'S POSITION THE CLAIMANT
01:10 - 45.519 RESIGNED EFFECTIVE ON A
01:10 - 47.729 WEDNESDAY. WHAT WAS DISCHARGED
01:10 - 49.159 A COUPLE WEEKS PRIOR. THE
01:10 - 51.739 WEEK'S ISSUE THAT WORTHY WE
01:10 - 53.109 ENDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
01:10 - 53.429 THE.
01:10 - 56.919 THE RESIGNATION, SHIFTING HIS
01:10 - 59.159 CIRCUMSTANCES FACTS BY ONE DAY
01:10 - 01.699 SO IN THE CASE PRESENTLY BEFORE
01:11 - 03.929 THIS COURT. CLAIMANTS LAST DAY
01:11 - 04.149 WOULD HAVE
01:11 - 06.009 BEEN TUESDAY IN A MODERATE THE
01:11 - 07.629 CASE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE
01:11 - 08.349 LAST DAY WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:11 - 10.259 WEDNESDAY AT THE BOARD IN THAT
01:11 - 11.639 CASE GRANTED BENEFITS FOR THE
01:11 - 13.419 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
01:11 - 13.609 WEEK
01:11 - 15.369 OF RESIGNATION AND THEN THE
01:11 - 17.169 CLAIMANT WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:11 - 20.349 COURT OR THE BOARD DENIED
01:11 - 22.529 BENEFITS AND THEN THE CLAIMANT
01:11 - 23.579 REQUESTED THAT
01:11 - 27.369 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF I'M SORRY
01:11 - 29.019 THE DISCHARGE
01:11 - 31.369 WHICH ESSENTIALLY WIPE OUT THE
01:11 - 32.969 RESIGNATION BECAUSE THEN THE
01:11 - 35.319 CLAIM WAS TOO IN THE SAME
01:11 - 36.779 CIRCUMSTANCES, THE COURT SAID
01:11 - 38.359 WITH THIS CONTENTION. WE CANNOT
01:11 - 40.359 AGREE IF THE CLAIMANT HAD MADE
01:11 - 41.729 HER RESIGNATION DATE A COUPLE
01:11 - 42.569 DAYS LATER.
01:11 - 44.209 >>THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE
01:11 - 45.969 I THINK THE RESIGNATION OF IN
01:11 - 47.079 ANY TIME DURING THAT WEEK IT
01:11 - 47.409 WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:11 - 48.909 AN ISSUE BUT IF IT WAS AT THE
01:11 - 50.289 END OF THAT WEEK THE END OF THE
01:11 - 51.989 WORKWEEK WHICH IS PRETTY
01:11 - 53.549 DIFFERENT DATE. SHE WOULD HAVE
01:11 - 54.729 GOTTEN THE BENEFITS AND THE
01:11 - 55.829 RESULTS WE'VE BEEN THE SAME
01:11 - 58.239 BECAUSE SINGH CABBAGE WOULD IT
01:11 - 58.759 WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME
01:11 - 59.989 SCENARIOS AND CABBAGE WHERE
01:11 - 00.319 THE.
01:12 - 01.869 >>THE CLAIMANT WOULD HAVE
01:12 - 03.239 WORKED THE ENTIRE WEEK EXCEPT
01:12 - 05.349 FOR THE SOCIAL UNLESS IT WAS
01:12 - 06.589 SHE SAID SATURDAY NIGHT AT
01:12 - 07.849 MIDNIGHT IS WHEN I'M GOING TO
01:12 - 09.729 RETIRE AND THEN IT WOULDN'T
01:12 - 10.849 BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:12 - 12.439 DURING THAT WEEK. I THINK THAT
01:12 - 12.629 THAT
01:12 - 15.419 WOULD BE SPLITTING WE TOO
01:12 - 18.789 MANY HERE'S YOUR HONOR IF IF IF
01:12 - 19.909 IF WHAT IF SHE DID WITH THAT
01:12 - 22.579 IT WAS EFFECTIVE DURING THE
01:12 - 24.089 WEEK, THEN YES, YOUR HONOR THE
01:12 - 25.589 SAME CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE SHE'S
01:12 - 27.619 WAITED UNTIL AFTER SHE FINISHED
01:12 - 28.889 WORKING HER SHIFT ON TUESDAY
01:12 - 28.989 AND
01:12 - 29.429 THEN SET.
01:12 - 32.099 >>OK I'M OUT OF HERE.
01:12 - 34.519 THE COURSE THEN THAT YOU
01:12 - 35.759 WOULDN'T GET UNEMPLOYMENT COMP
01:12 - 37.479 BECAUSE SHE QUIT,
01:12 - 38.609 BUT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID
01:12 - 39.939 FOR THOSE DAYS BUT SHE WOULDN'T
01:12 - 41.619 HAVE GIVEN EMPLOYER ANY NOTICE
01:12 - 42.369 AT ALL
01:12 - 44.699 OF HER INTENTION SO IS THAT
01:12 - 46.449 WHAT THE INCENTIVE IS HERE
01:12 - 48.609 UNDER THE THE WAY THE AKC
01:12 - 50.799 SHOULD BE READ THAT OKAY
01:12 - 52.739 ANYBODY IF YOU WANT TO
01:12 - 55.249 LEAVE YOUR JOB AND YOU'RE GOING
01:12 - 56.519 TO DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF
01:12 - 59.749 THE WEEK OR BEFORE I GUESS
01:12 - 01.179 SATURDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT.
01:13 - 03.389 DON'T GIVE YOUR EMPLOYER
01:13 - 05.229 NOTICE, DON'T LET THEM KNOW
01:13 - 06.509 THAT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR
01:13 - 07.339 SOMEBODY TO FILL
01:13 - 09.619 YOUR SHIFT IN THE FUTURE OR
01:13 - 10.439 WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO
01:13 - 12.129 JUST WAIT AND AT THE END OF
01:13 - 14.639 YOUR SHIFT SAY SEE YOU BECAUSE
01:13 - 16.489 OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE PUNISHED.
01:13 - 17.349 THE HONORS
01:13 - 19.629 THAT SECTION 4 TO BE OF THE LAW
01:13 - 21.239 REQUIRES AN INDIVIDUAL TAKE
01:13 - 22.499 REASONABLE STEPS TO PRESERVE
01:13 - 23.469 THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP.
01:13 - 24.929 >>THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY
01:13 - 25.979 MEAN PUTTING
01:13 - 28.479 A NOTICE PEOPLE WALK OFF SHIPS
01:13 - 29.999 THEY CAN GET BENEFITS SOMETIMES
01:13 - 31.129 THEY WOKE UP SHIFTS THEY DON'T
01:13 - 32.299 GET BENEFITS IT DEPENDS
01:13 - 34.139 ON THE REASON THEY LEFT AND
01:13 - 35.459 WHETHER UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES
01:13 - 36.049 THERE WAS A REASON
01:13 - 38.119 FOR THEM. YOU KNOW NOTICE
01:13 - 38.919 REALLY ISN'T IT ISN'T
01:13 - 40.269 NECESSARY. IT COULD BE
01:13 - 43.219 WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER THEY
01:13 - 44.469 NOTIFIED THE EMPLOYER OF THE
01:13 - 45.659 PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE
01:13 - 49.579 >>WHEN I PRACTICED ON
01:13 - 52.249 EMPLOYMENT OBVIOUSLY I WAS THE
01:13 - 53.839 ATTORNEY THERE PRACTICING SO I
01:13 - 55.469 NEVER GAVE MUCH THOUGHT TO
01:13 - 57.649 WHETHER IT WAS THE REFEREES
01:13 - 59.379 DUTY TO TELL THE RECORD OR IS
01:13 - 00.599 THIS A SCENARIO WHERE THE PRO
01:14 - 02.139 SE LITIGANT ASSUMES THE REST
01:14 - 03.519 BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE COUNSEL
01:14 - 05.489 WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY ON THAT.
01:14 - 07.389 >>ALL RIGHT JEN REALLY WIN.
01:14 - 08.689 I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY
01:14 - 10.779 SPECIFICALLY ON DEVELOPMENT OF
01:14 - 13.349 THE RECORD. BUT I DO KNOW THAT
01:14 - 13.779 AN ISSUE
01:14 - 16.479 CAN BE WAVED IT IS NOT PROPERLY
01:14 - 17.579 DEVELOP EVEN BY PERCY
01:14 - 18.999 INDIVIDUAL IN THE CLINTON DID
01:14 - 21.379 NOT RAISE THIS ON APPEAL TO TO
01:14 - 22.789 THE BOARD TO IT WOULD BE WITHIN
01:14 - 24.649 THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. NEITHER DO
01:14 - 26.499 THEIR FREE DOES HAVE A DUTY TO
01:14 - 27.339 ASSIST.
01:14 - 30.349 AND COUNCIL PARTIES TO
01:14 - 31.569 DEVELOP THE RECORD ON MATTERS
01:14 - 33.029 THAT HE OR SHE HAS REASON TO
01:14 - 33.939 KNOW OR
01:14 - 35.399 RELEVANT. BUT CONSIDERING THE
01:14 - 37.629 CASE LAW IS UNANIMOUSLY ON ONE
01:14 - 38.669 SIDE OF THIS ISSUE
01:14 - 40.179 AND THAT THIS COURT HAS
01:14 - 41.739 CONSISTENTLY HELD THAT
01:14 - 42.779 SEPARATION THAT IS
01:14 - 44.019 DISQUALIFYING AT ANY POINT
01:14 - 45.039 DURING THE WEEK RESULT IN
01:14 - 46.599 DISQUALIFICATION FOR THE
01:14 - 48.189 ENTIRETY OF THE WEEK THERE'S NO
01:14 - 50.429 RATIONAL BASIS FOR THE REFEREE
01:14 - 52.039 TO OF THOUGHT HEY I NEED TO
01:14 - 53.689 LOOK INTO THIS FURTHERMORE THE
01:14 - 54.909 CLAIM AND ALL THOSE STATING
01:14 - 55.309 THAT
01:14 - 58.369 SHE. WAS SCHEDULED UP TO
01:14 - 00.149 TUESDAY IS NOT AN INDICATION
01:15 - 01.139 THAT SHE WOULD HAVE WORKED
01:15 - 02.989 MONDAY TUESDAY. FOR SUNDAY
01:15 - 04.329 MONDAY AND TUESDAY, ESPECIALLY
01:15 - 05.619 CONSIDERING THAT OR THE
01:15 - 07.229 CIRCUMSTANCES WHAT YOU PUT IN
01:15 - 09.019 HER NOTICE OF WORK, THE NOSE OF
01:15 - 10.449 RESIGNATION SHOULD WORK ONE DAY
01:15 - 10.939 THAT WEEK
01:15 - 12.889 AND PUT A NOTICE IN ON TUESDAY,
01:15 - 14.029 SO SHE DID WORK SUNDAY SHE
01:15 - 16.029 DIDN'T WORK. TUESDAY,
01:15 - 17.219 SO SHE CERTAINLY DIDN'T WORK
01:15 - 18.309 EVERY SUNDAY MONDAY AND
01:15 - 18.789 TUESDAY.
01:15 - 24.039 SO ESPECIALLY IF YOUR QUESTION
01:15 - 25.289 OR YES, THANKS THANK YOU.
01:15 - 28.379 CM ALMOST OUT OF TIME.
01:15 - 31.729 >>I JUST WITH A MOTTO.
01:15 - 34.319 THEY GAVE. UNEMPLOYMENT
01:15 - 36.589 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, WHICH WAS
01:15 - 38.649 THE DAY AND THE EMPLOYEES.
01:15 - 44.699 >>IT SAID THAT THE VOLUNTARY
01:15 - 46.269 RESIGNATION WOULD TAKE EFFECT
01:15 - 48.559 THE COURT IN A MODEL RECOGNIZE
01:15 - 49.359 THAT THE CLAIMANT WAS A
01:15 - 50.999 VOLUNTEER LEON, HIM FOR THAT
01:15 - 52.109 WAS INVOLUNTARY AND THE
01:15 - 54.339 UNEMPLOYED UP UNTIL MARCH 31
01:15 - 57.339 AFTER BUT NONETHELESS DENIED
01:15 - 58.559 BENEFITS FOR THAT WEEK.
01:16 - 04.259 >>OK THAT'S NOT THE WAY I READ
01:16 - 05.569 IT I
01:16 - 08.159 IT WAS CITED IT IS LIMITED EVEN
01:16 - 09.839 THAT I INITIALLY BELIEVED THE
01:16 - 10.799 SAME THING BUT ON
01:16 - 11.699 CLOSER READING.
01:16 - 12.809 >>EARLIER THIS WEEK I
01:16 - 14.089 DISCOVERED THAT MOTTO IS
01:16 - 14.939 ACTUALLY ON POINT WITH THE
01:16 - 16.699 BOARD'S HOLDING. OKAY I'LL TAKE
01:16 - 18.419 ANOTHER LOOK. IT SAYS
01:16 - 19.199 SUBSEQUENT TO
01:16 - 21.739 THAT DATE. SO I SAW THAT WAS
01:16 - 23.169 THAT DATE THE CLAIMANT IN MARCH
01:16 - 25.029 31ST CORRECT SUBSEQUENT TO THAT
01:16 - 26.349 DATE THE CLAIMANTS REASON FOR
01:16 - 27.659 UNEMPLOYMENT HAS CHANGED.
01:16 - 29.819 BUT THE COURT STILL DENIED
01:16 - 31.989 BENEFITS FOR THAT WEEK IN WHICH
01:16 - 33.469 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
01:16 - 34.469 RESIGNATION OCCURRED.
01:16 - 36.999 NOW ALL THE ALL THE CASES THAT
01:16 - 38.379 WE CITED HAVE CONSISTENTLY
01:16 - 39.549 AGREE THAT THE BOARD'S BROADER
01:16 - 42.379 POINT THAT THE
01:16 - 43.009 THAT
01:16 - 44.919 CERTAIN SENSES CAN CHANGE WEEK
01:16 - 47.749 TO WEEK IN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE
01:16 - 48.239 UNEMPLOYED FOR
01:16 - 49.869 DIFFERENT REASONS BUT NONE OF
01:16 - 50.999 THEM HAVE REFUTED THE FINER
01:16 - 52.069 POINT THAT ANY TIME THAT
01:16 - 53.489 THERE'S A DISQUALIFICATION
01:16 - 54.049 DURING
01:16 - 56.299 THE WEEK THAT DISQUALIFICATION
01:16 - 57.529 PRIZE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE
01:16 - 58.799 WEEK. IT'S JUST ALL
01:16 - 00.629 THESE COURTS. THIS COURT'S
01:17 - 02.019 CASES THE SUPREME COURT'S
01:17 - 02.989 GUIDANCE AND HARTMAN.
01:17 - 05.349 AND THEREFORE I REQUEST THAT
01:17 - 07.559 THE FROM THIS OR THINK YOU DO
01:17 - 07.769 THAT.
01:17 - 10.819 JUST A
01:17 - 13.879 COUPLE FOLLOW-UP POINTS AGAIN I
01:17 - 15.189 THINK WE SEE THAT THE BOARD
01:17 - 17.219 WANTS A MECHANICAL RULE APPLIED
01:17 - 17.569 HERE
01:17 - 19.519 CONCERNING DISQUALIFICATION.
01:17 - 21.459 >>THEY CANNOT SIMPLY LOOK AT
01:17 - 22.649 WHETHER DISQUALIFICATION
01:17 - 25.169 OCCURRED DURING THE WEEK THE
01:17 - 26.849 QUESTION IS WHETHER HAS TO BE
01:17 - 28.539 BALANCED AGAINST WHETHER OR NOT
01:17 - 29.719 WHAT THE EMPLOYMENT
01:17 - 31.889 UNEMPLOYMENT IS DUE TO AND
01:17 - 34.669 THAT'S CAN'T JUST HAVE ONE SIDE
01:17 - 35.829 OF THE EQUATION THEY NEED TO
01:17 - 38.199 HAVE BOTH BOTH OF SINCE AND
01:17 - 40.499 CABBAGE DID NOT INVOLVE FOLKS
01:17 - 41.879 THAT WERE SCHEDULED
01:17 - 44.319 TO WORK WHAT SPECIFIC SHIPS AND
01:17 - 45.569 WANT TO WORK FULL TIME THEY
01:17 - 47.489 WERE BOTH ON LAYOFF STATUS.
01:17 - 49.269 SO THE PROBLEM WITH USING THOSE
01:17 - 51.019 CASES OF PARADIGM TO DENY
01:17 - 51.939 BENEFITS HERE
01:17 - 54.559 DOESN'T FLY. IF THE CLAIMANT
01:17 - 56.599 CIRCUMSTANCE IN TERMS OF BEING
01:17 - 57.719 SCHEDULED UNDER THE
01:17 - 59.929 CIRCUMSTANCE SCHEDULED TO WORK
01:17 - 02.249 AND WORK FULL TIME, IT'S KIND
01:18 - 03.019 OF WITH
01:18 - 05.469 THE OT CASE ALL HERE AND THAT'S
01:18 - 07.419 PROBABLY WHAT LED TO THE ORDER
01:18 - 08.879 ABOUT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON
01:18 - 10.869 THIS ISSUE JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE
01:18 - 12.319 NONE OF THE CASES HAVE DEALT
01:18 - 13.369 WITH A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE
01:18 - 15.069 SOMEBODY WAS SCHEDULE AND WOULD
01:18 - 16.549 HAVE COMPLETED THEIR FULL-TIME
01:18 - 19.469 WORK. HASLER IS THE CASE THAT
01:18 - 21.029 INVOLVES THE DUTY OF THE
01:18 - 23.609 REFEREE TO DEVELOP THE RECORD
01:18 - 25.389 AND YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF THIS.
01:18 - 26.359 THE BOARD EVEN
01:18 - 29.529 IN THE 3 THAT BECAUSE OF THE
01:18 - 31.079 CLAIMANTS UNCONVENTIONAL WORK
01:18 - 32.849 SCHEDULE, NOBODY ADDRESS THIS
01:18 - 33.829 DURING THE COURSE OF THE
01:18 - 35.919 HEARING ALL WE'RE SAYING HERE
01:18 - 39.019 IS THAT NOT SHOOTING DAGGERS
01:18 - 40.309 THAT ANYBODY WOULD JUST SIMPLY
01:18 - 42.259 SAYING THAT SOMEBODY THAT MAY
01:18 - 44.229 HAVE YOU KNOW REALIZE WHAT WHAT
01:18 - 45.259 THE THE GRAVITY OF
01:18 - 47.729 THIS ISSUE WITH THIS STATEMENT
01:18 - 49.389 ABOUT THE EMPLOYER CONFIRMING
01:18 - 51.609 THAT SHE WAS WORKING THIS 36
01:18 - 53.359 HOUR SCHEDULE WE EACH WEEK
01:18 - 55.049 SHOULD HAVE TRIGGERED IN WORRY
01:18 - 56.559 AND OVER THE BOARD SAW THIS
01:18 - 58.439 ON APPEAL. THEY COULD HAVE JUST
01:18 - 59.879 SIMPLY SAID THIS BACK FOR SOME
01:18 - 02.359 FACT-FINDING ON THIS KATZ IS
01:19 - 03.569 THE CASE INVOLVING
01:19 - 05.519 THE BOARD. YOU KNOW IT MENTIONS
01:19 - 07.069 IS THAT YOU NEED TO MENTION THE
01:19 - 08.429 ISSUE WITH THAT SUFFICIENT TO
01:19 - 10.459 PRESERVE IT ON APPEAL. GRAND
01:19 - 11.689 STREET WAS ANOTHER CASE
01:19 - 12.549 INTERPRETING THIS
01:19 - 14.969 FINALLY LAY HE'S THE MOST
01:19 - 17.009 RECENT CASE INVOLVING A SHOWING
01:19 - 18.689 AND THE NECESSITY FOR A SHOWING
01:19 - 20.489 OF SEE ENTER IN TERMS
01:19 - 23.009 THE DISQUALIFICATION OR OTHER A
01:19 - 24.959 FULL OVERPAYMENT IN POSITION IN
01:19 - 26.589 THIS CASE. THAT'S
01:19 - 27.029 ALL I.
01:19 - 30.119 >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISTER IN
01:19 - 30.689 MIND TO TAKE
01:19 - 32.939 IT THAT REFEREE SPEED LOSE
01:19 - 34.879 MOTHER WAS YOUR PIANO TEACHER S
01:19 - 36.549 BUT YES SIR THAT IS THE MOST
01:19 - 37.889 PITTSBURGH THING I'VE HEARD IN
01:19 - 40.809 A LONG LITTLE BOY.
01:19 - 43.139 >>THIS IS BACK IN THE DAY, YOU
01:19 - 44.509 KNOW COURSE YOU KNOW I WAS AND
01:19 - 45.849 HOW YOU KNOW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
01:19 - 47.719 LEAGUE OVER THE LESSONS AT 7.30
01:19 - 47.819 OR
01:19 - 49.809 8 AT NIGHT AND NOR WOULD BE
01:19 - 52.989 UPSTAIRS AND THE ALL THIS IS
01:19 - 55.329 JUST A. LUMINARY IN TERMS OF
01:19 - 56.769 THE PIANO PLAYING WORLD SHE
01:19 - 57.589 LITERALLY TURN
01:19 - 01.079 WHY A WHOLE LIFE UPSIDE DOWN
01:20 - 02.729 AND GOT ME PLAYING THE PIANO
01:20 - 04.259 SITE READING THE WHOLE 9 OR
01:20 - 07.029 WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
01:20 - 07.499 FOR THAT.
01:20 - 12.879 >>NEXT ON
01:20 - 14.979 THE LIST, WE'LL BEING NUMBER
01:20 - 15.809 25.
01:20 - 39.199 WELL YOU'RE
01:20 - 40.049 GETTING SETTLED.
01:20 - 43.069 NUMBER 25 IN MAY THE U.S. STATE
01:20 - 45.189 OF EDWARD J PUT A CAR DECEASED
01:20 - 45.919 IN THE PROTOCOL OR
01:20 - 47.949 FAMILY TRUST. THIS IS THE
01:20 - 49.609 APPEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:20 - 51.409 REVENUE INHERITANCE TAX
01:20 - 51.969 DIVISION.
01:20 - 55.049 CASE NUMBER 25 CONCERNS WHETHER
01:20 - 56.899 THE POTEET CAR FAMILY TRUST
01:20 - 00.149 CREATED IN 1999. AN AMENDED IN
01:21 - 03.509 2013. QUALIFIES AS A SOLE
01:21 - 06.329 USE TRUST FOR INHERITANCE TAX
01:21 - 07.989 PURPOSES PURSUANT TO CURRENT
01:21 - 12.159 SECTIONS, 21 OH 2 2113 OF THE
01:21 - 14.219 INHERITANCE ESTATE TAX AT.
01:21 - 16.759 RESOLUTION OF THIS ISSUE
01:21 - 18.769 DETERMINES THE TAX RATE FOR THE
01:21 - 20.429 NET TRUST ASSETS
01:21 - 22.729 IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE DEATH
01:21 - 23.899 OF MISTER POE TO CAR.
01:21 - 26.309 SPECIFICALLY WHETHER THE NET
01:21 - 28.139 ASSETS SHOULD BE ASSESSED UNDER
01:21 - 31.099 THE SPOUSAL TAX RATE OF 0%
01:21 - 32.629 WE'RE UNDER THE LINEAL
01:21 - 35.729 DESCENDANT RATE A 4.5%.
01:21 - 37.709 THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
01:21 - 38.379 INHERITANCE
01:21 - 40.859 TAX DIVISION MAINTAINS THAT TO
01:21 - 43.499 QUALIFY AS THE SOLE USE TRUST
01:21 - 45.499 FOR INHERITANCE TAX PURPOSES,
01:21 - 48.239 THE SURVIVING SPOUSE MUST NOT
01:21 - 49.479 ONLY BE ENTITLED
01:21 - 51.439 TO ALL INCOME AND PRINCIPAL
01:21 - 53.129 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TRUST
01:21 - 54.549 DURING HER LIFETIME.
01:21 - 56.379 BUT SHOULD NOT RETAIN AN
01:21 - 57.789 INTERVIEW I THOSE POWER OF
01:21 - 59.159 APPOINTMENT OVER THE TRUST
01:21 - 01.679 PROPERTY. THE DEPARTMENT ARGUES
01:22 - 03.319 THAT UNDER THE SPECIFIC TERMS
01:22 - 05.179 OF THE PUBLIC ARE FAMILY TRUST
01:22 - 07.159 MISSUS POGACAR THE SURVIVING
01:22 - 09.549 SPOUSE RETAINED THE REVOCABLE
01:22 - 10.129 POWER
01:22 - 11.999 TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE OF THE
01:22 - 14.789 TRUST AS WELL AS A ENTRY POWER
01:22 - 16.999 OF APPOINTMENT. ACCORDING TO
01:22 - 19.089 THE DEPARTMENT THE RETENTION OF
01:22 - 20.119 SUCH POWERS
01:22 - 22.599 IS CONSISTENT WITH A REVOCABLE
01:22 - 24.429 RATHER THAN AN IRREVOCABLE
01:22 - 26.999 TRUST AND DISQUALIFIES THE PO
01:22 - 28.919 TO CAR FAMILY TRUST FROM THE
01:22 - 29.459 SOLE
01:22 - 31.669 USE STATUS. FURTHER THE
01:22 - 32.979 DEPARTMENT IS CERTAIN IS THAT
01:22 - 35.179 THE INHERITANCE AND ESTATE TAX
01:22 - 37.319 ACT'S DEFINITION OF A
01:22 - 39.429 TRANSFER OF PROPERTY FOR SOLE
01:22 - 41.829 USE WAS SPECIFICALLY AMENDED IN
01:22 - 45.209 2002 2003 TO ADDRESS THIS
01:22 - 45.869 ISSUE.
01:22 - 47.839 THE U.S. STATE INTEREST
01:22 - 49.459 COUNTERED THAT FOLLOWING MISTER
01:22 - 50.569 POE TO CAUSE DEATH.
01:22 - 52.819 THE TRUST ASSETS WERE OWNED BY
01:22 - 55.019 MISSUS PUT A CAR AND NOT SIMPLY
01:22 - 55.269 FOR
01:22 - 58.029 HER USE RENDERING SECTION 21
01:22 - 59.329 '02 AND SECTION
01:22 - 02.129 2113 OF THE INHERITANCE AND THE
01:23 - 03.409 STATE TAX ACT
01:23 - 05.499 AND APPLICABLE. THEY FURTHER
01:23 - 07.219 ARGUE THAT THE SETTLER OF A
01:23 - 07.759 ROOF OF A
01:23 - 09.859 REVOCABLE TRUST IS THE ONLY
01:23 - 12.049 BENEFICIARY OF THE TRUST AND
01:23 - 14.019 AS SUCH IS THE OWNER OF THE
01:23 - 16.279 TRUST ASSETS FOR PENNSYLVANIA
01:23 - 19.029 TAX PURPOSES. THE U.S. STATE
01:23 - 20.249 INTEREST TO SIRTE
01:23 - 21.829 THAT THE LANGUAGE OF THE TRUST
01:23 - 23.799 DOCUMENT ITSELF DEMONSTRATES
01:23 - 25.089 THERE WAS NO INTENTION BY
01:23 - 26.859 THE SETTLERS THAT THE TRUST
01:23 - 28.469 ASSETS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO
01:23 - 30.939 INHERITANCE TAX UPON THE DEATH
01:23 - 33.039 OF THE FIRST SETTLER MISTER POE
01:23 - 36.219 TO CAR. SO WITH THAT. WE
01:23 - 37.059 CAN BEGIN
01:23 - 42.559 THE. DEPARTMENT IS THE
01:23 - 43.109 APPELLANT.
01:23 - 48.949 YOU MAY FEEL FREE TO COME TO
01:23 - 50.419 THAT PODIUM, YOU WISH.
01:23 - 51.689 >>IT'S OUR EYES ON BEHALF OF
01:23 - 53.119 THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE YARDS
01:23 - 54.659 TAX EVASION I'D LIKE TO RESERVE
01:23 - 56.169 3 MINUTES FOR A BOTTLE YOU HAVE
01:23 - 56.859 TO THINK THEY
01:23 - 58.539 THEY'RE NOT ITALY'S THE GREAT
01:23 - 00.369 WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE
01:24 - 01.429 TRIAL COURT ERRED
01:24 - 03.019 WHEN IT FOUND THAT THIS PART OF
01:24 - 04.639 OUR FAMILY TRUST QUALIFIED AS A
01:24 - 06.559 SO YOU STRESSED EVEN THOSE ARE
01:24 - 08.099 VOCAL IN NATURE AND WAS
01:24 - 09.579 THEREFORE EXEMPT FROM TAX AT
01:24 - 11.639 THE HUSBAND'S DEATH OR IN OTHER
01:24 - 12.719 WORDS QUALIFIED FOR
01:24 - 14.769 DEFERRED TAX COUNCILOR YOU
01:24 - 17.089 DON'T DO YOU KNOW DISPUTE THAT
01:24 - 19.059 EVEN IF IT'S SO YOU STRESS THAT
01:24 - 19.549 IT'S STILL A
01:24 - 20.819 REVOCABLE TRUST.
01:24 - 22.879 >>CORRECT. THERE IS ADEQUATE
01:24 - 23.899 EVIDENCE ON THE RECORD THAT
01:24 - 24.369 THIS IS A REAL
01:24 - 26.819 VOCAL TRUST AND AS SUCH ALL
01:24 - 29.039 TRUST ASSETS ARE SUBJECT TO TAX
01:24 - 29.749 AND HAS ACTUALLY LEARNED
01:24 - 30.689 GETTING INTO NEXT.
01:24 - 32.899 WELL ACTUALLY WHAT IT JUST TO
01:24 - 33.569 FOLLOW UP ON MY
01:24 - 36.429 IF YOU HAVE A REVOCABLE TRUST
01:24 - 38.189 AND SOMETHING IS SUBJECT TO
01:24 - 40.599 INHERITANCE TAX IS IT THAT THE
01:24 - 42.739 TRUST ITSELF RETAINS OWNERSHIP
01:24 - 44.649 OF IT AND THE GRAND TOURS INTO
01:24 - 45.879 THE TRUST OR SETTLERS AS IT
01:24 - 48.449 MAY BE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ASSETS
01:24 - 50.549 ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEM FOR
01:24 - 51.879 INHERITANCE TAX PURPOSES,
01:24 - 53.999 CORRECT SO FOR A VOCAL TRUST
01:24 - 55.429 WHILE THE SAME PERSON CAN WEAR
01:24 - 56.819 ALL 3 HATS AS I'VE INDICATED IN
01:24 - 58.439 MY BRIEF THEY CAN BE BOTH THEY
01:24 - 00.049 CAN BE THE TRUSTEE AND THE
01:25 - 00.859 GRANTS WERE AND THE
01:25 - 02.689 BENEFICIARY. THEY TECHNICALLY
01:25 - 04.059 ARE SERVING IN SEPARATE
01:25 - 05.959 DISTINCT ROLES WHICH IS
01:25 - 07.919 MANDATED BY TRUST THEORY SO
01:25 - 09.809 WHILE THE DIRECTOR OF LOCAL
01:25 - 11.909 TRUST WHILE THE TRUSTEE MIGHT
01:25 - 13.099 BE THE OWNER OF THE TRUST
01:25 - 13.749 PROPERTY.
01:25 - 16.569 THE BENEFICIARY IS THE ONE THAT
01:25 - 17.709 IS GRANTED THE USE AND
01:25 - 19.469 ENJOYMENT OF THOSE ASSETS, THE
01:25 - 20.899 BIGGEST ISSUE DOES NOT OWN
01:25 - 23.049 THOSE ASSETS. THE TRUSTEE DOES
01:25 - 25.039 SO EVEN IF SHE IS THAT EVEN IF
01:25 - 26.379 IT WAS A ROBOT WILL TRUST AND
01:25 - 27.489 SHE'S THE TRUSTEE.
01:25 - 30.479 SHE CANNOT OWN THOSE ASSETS OUT
01:25 - 31.679 RAIN-FREE OF TRUST YOU CAN'T
01:25 - 34.019 HAVE A DOLLAR BILL INTEREST AND
01:25 - 35.889 IN HER HAND SO IF THE ASSETS
01:25 - 37.209 ARE STILL THEN OWNED BY THE
01:25 - 38.409 TRUST AND WE'RE JUST SAYING
01:25 - 39.609 THAT THERE ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO
01:25 - 40.829 THE GRAND TOURS.
01:25 - 43.199 HOW IS IT THAT THE A 100% WOULD
01:25 - 44.539 BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE FIRST TO
01:25 - 45.659 DIE HAS BEEN
01:25 - 47.649 CAN YOU BE THAT QUESTION SO IF
01:25 - 50.019 THE TRUST OWNS THE ASSETS AND
01:25 - 51.519 WE'RE JUST ATTRIBUTING THAT TO
01:25 - 52.509 THE GRAND TOURS
01:25 - 54.859 FOR PURPOSES OF INHERITANCE TAX
01:25 - 55.229 THE GRAND
01:25 - 58.239 TOURS WERE. AND THE PROPERTY AS
01:25 - 59.489 JOINT TENANTS BEFORE IT WENT
01:25 - 00.419 INTO THE TRUST
01:26 - 02.289 EVEN IF WE ASSUME THAT THAT'S
01:26 - 04.139 THAT TENDENCY WAS SEVERED WHEN
01:26 - 04.699 IT WENT INTO
01:26 - 06.429 THE TRUST WHEN WE BACK IT OUT
01:26 - 07.959 FOR ATTRIBUTION, HOW IS IT THAT
01:26 - 09.669 WE CAN HAVE A 100% OF
01:26 - 11.949 THAT ASSET DEVOTED TO
01:26 - 13.319 INHERITANCE TAX ON THE FIRST TO
01:26 - 14.769 DIE HAS BEEN I UNDERSTAND YOUR
01:26 - 15.759 QUESTION IT'S NOT A
01:26 - 18.999 ATTRIBUTABLE TO TO TAX SO THEY
01:26 - 21.439 NEED IF THE CAR CAN WE TRUST
01:26 - 21.569 WOULD
01:26 - 23.579 HAVE BEEN DRAFTED CORRECTLY IT
01:26 - 24.939 WOULD HAVE BEEN A JOINT REVOKE
01:26 - 25.759 THE BOOK TRUST
01:26 - 27.599 THAT THE THAT THE HUSBAND AND
01:26 - 30.039 WIFE WOULD BOTH HAVE ACCESS TO
01:26 - 31.799 USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ASSETS
01:26 - 31.989 DURING
01:26 - 33.679 THEIR LIFETIME. BUT TRUST
01:26 - 36.029 MANDATES THAT AT THE DEATH OF
01:26 - 37.129 THE FIRST ALSO LET'S
01:26 - 40.099 SAY HUSBAND. DEATH FIRST THE
01:26 - 41.879 THAT NUMBER ONE TO JOIN A VOCAL
01:26 - 43.959 TRUST ACTUALLY TERMINATED AND
01:26 - 46.139 SEPARATE INTO 2 SEPARATE AND
01:26 - 48.319 DISTINCT SHARES. THE HUSBAND IS
01:26 - 49.999 SEEN AS CONTRIBUTING ONE HALF
01:26 - 51.419 OF THE SHARE AND THE WIFE IS
01:26 - 52.639 SEEN AS CONTRIBUTING ONE HALF
01:26 - 53.249 OF THE SHARE.
01:26 - 55.819 THE HUSBAND'S ASSETS ARE NOT
01:26 - 58.019 CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE
01:26 - 00.109 WIFE'S ESTATE BUT THE WIFE'S
01:27 - 01.659 ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE
01:27 - 02.739 PART OF THE HAS BEEN SO THE
01:27 - 03.659 HUSBAND IS THE
01:27 - 06.689 SOLE USE PORTION AND IT IS NOT
01:27 - 08.729 SOMETHING IS NOT SUBJECT TO TAX
01:27 - 11.129 AT HIS DEATH. HER PORTION IS
01:27 - 12.079 SUBJECT TO TAX.
01:27 - 15.129 SO IT'S NOT A 100% PORTION ME
01:27 - 16.929 IT'S JUST HALF. IT HAD BEEN
01:27 - 19.449 DRAFTED CORRECTLY THEN ONLY
01:27 - 20.349 HALF OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:27 - 22.299 SUBJECT TO TAX AT THE TIME OF
01:27 - 23.789 DEATH AND THE OTHER HALF OF THE
01:27 - 25.279 BEEN QUALIFY FOR THE DEFERRAL
01:27 - 26.719 OF TAX. HER DEATH.
01:27 - 29.079 SO WHAT TAX THE AREAS THAT THAT
01:27 - 31.949 SAYS THAT THE ASSETS ARE
01:27 - 34.279 ATTRIBUTABLE 50% EACH
01:27 - 36.989 THAT THE INHERITANCE TAXES DUE
01:27 - 39.319 ON 100% OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S
01:27 - 39.679 NOT WHAT
01:27 - 41.369 HAPPENED HERE. DID YOU TAKE
01:27 - 43.419 100% OF THE ASSETS ATTRIBUTE
01:27 - 43.879 THEM TO THE
01:27 - 45.829 HAS BEEN AND SAY WHAT
01:27 - 47.279 PERCENTAGE OF THAT THEY WOULD
01:27 - 48.859 BE TAXED AT BASED ON WHO THE
01:27 - 50.589 ULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES WERE NO
01:27 - 52.569 IT WAS ONLY ONE HALF AND THE
01:27 - 54.399 WAY THE REASON THAT IT WAS TAX
01:27 - 55.149 WAS BECAUSE
01:27 - 59.299 THE STATE THOSE ARRIVING CELLS
01:27 - 00.839 HAD THE OPTION TO SUBMIT A
01:28 - 02.609 SCHEDULE AND FUTURE INTEREST
01:28 - 04.709 COMPROMISE SAYING OKAY OUT OF
01:28 - 06.359 THE ASSETS THAT I'VE YOU KNOW
01:28 - 08.699 THAT I HAVE SO USE AND BENEFIT
01:28 - 10.989 OF I PLAN TO USE. LET'S SAY
01:28 - 12.729 THERE'S A $100,000 IN THE TRUST
01:28 - 14.399 AS MANY AS 50,000 OF IT DURING
01:28 - 16.019 MY LIFETIME AND THE REMAINING
01:28 - 19.049 50,000 I PLAN TO LEAVE TO MY
01:28 - 19.799 KNEES UPON
01:28 - 22.529 MY DEATH SO PER $50,000 WOULD
01:28 - 23.869 NOT HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO TAX
01:28 - 26.709 BUT THEY $50,000 THAT WAS GOING
01:28 - 28.119 TO BE GIVEN TO THE NICE AT
01:28 - 29.379 DEATH WOULD BE SUBJECT TO
01:28 - 32.339 15%. THERE WAS NO SCHEDULE AND
01:28 - 33.649 DISTRIBUTE THERE'S A SCHEDULE
01:28 - 35.619 AND A FEW CHANGES COMPROMISE
01:28 - 37.229 THAT WAS SUBMITTED. SO THE
01:28 - 38.269 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE HAD NO
01:28 - 39.789 CHOICE, BUT JUST A MINUTE
01:28 - 42.029 BUT TO TAX IT AT 15% AND THEY
01:28 - 43.339 DIDN'T EVEN DO THAT THE TEXAS
01:28 - 46.029 4.5 1 IS IT THEN THAT
01:28 - 50.129 ARE ATTRIBUTING THAT AMOUNT TO
01:28 - 52.159 THE FIRST GRANT OR.
01:28 - 54.029 TAXING AT
01:28 - 55.819 A RATE THAT'S ATTRIBUTABLE FOR
01:28 - 57.749 THAT THAT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO
01:28 - 59.729 IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE EVEN
01:28 - 00.829 MORE OF A RATE BUT A RATE
01:29 - 01.329 THAT'S NOT A
01:29 - 03.349 SPOUSAL RAPE. WHEN THE
01:29 - 05.089 BENEFICIARIES HERE
01:29 - 08.109 ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE
01:29 - 09.279 THE BENEFICIARIES BECAUSE WE'RE
01:29 - 11.349 TALKING ABOUT YOU REVOKE ABOUT
01:29 - 12.729 RAP THAT'S EXACTLY IT THAT'S
01:29 - 14.359 EXACTLY WHY BECAUSE
01:29 - 16.369 WHEN WHEN THE WIFE OR TEEN TO
01:29 - 17.539 POWER OF TESTAMENT OR
01:29 - 19.079 EMPLOYMENT AND INTERVIEW THOSE
01:29 - 20.239 APPOINTMENT. WE
01:29 - 21.909 DON'T KNOW WHO SHE WOULD HAVE
01:29 - 23.119 GIVEN THOSE ASSETS TO DURING
01:29 - 25.039 HER LIFETIME, BUT WE ALSO DON'T
01:29 - 26.209 KNOW THAT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE
01:29 - 28.199 GIVEN THEM TO HER NEXT HAS BEEN
01:29 - 29.889 AND THEN ONLY A SPOUSAL RATE
01:29 - 31.049 WOULD BE CHARGED THAT'S
01:29 - 32.449 CORRECT. IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT
01:29 - 33.979 THAN SHE THEN THE HUSBAND, THE
01:29 - 35.239 ORIGINAL HAS BEEN PART OF OUR
01:29 - 36.609 SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HER THE MONEY
01:29 - 37.999 OUT RAIN-FREE OF TRUST TO DO
01:29 - 38.949 WITH THAT SHE WISHED
01:29 - 41.219 BUT IN THIS CASE IF WE'RE NOT
01:29 - 43.109 LOOKING AT IS THE SOLE DISTRUST
01:29 - 44.819 AND IT'S WHAT IT'S LOOKED AT AS
01:29 - 46.119 A REVOCABLE TRUST ISN'T IT
01:29 - 47.699 REALLY JUST ANOTHER FORM OF
01:29 - 49.739 THEM MANAGING THEIR ASSETS AND
01:29 - 51.629 HAD THE MANAGE THEIR ASSETS
01:29 - 52.269 OUTSIDE OF
01:29 - 53.889 THE TRUST THEY WOULD HAVE HAD A
01:29 - 55.479 JOINT TENANCY TO BEGIN WITH
01:29 - 56.449 WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN TENANTS
01:29 - 59.189 IN COMMON AND NOW BY THE FACT
01:29 - 00.439 THAT THEY'VE MADE THE STRESS
01:30 - 01.699 WHICH ARE NOT GIVING THE SOLE
01:30 - 04.029 USE EFFECT OF YOU'RE NOW
01:30 - 04.709 IN YOUR
01:30 - 07.539 PUTTING UP ON THAT INHERITANCE
01:30 - 08.789 TAX RATIFICATION IS THAT
01:30 - 10.409 WOULDN'T EXIST. WELL YOU'RE
01:30 - 11.619 CENTURY DO YOU THINK IS YOUR
01:30 - 13.439 NOTIFYING THE TRUST THAT SAYING
01:30 - 14.639 THAT YOU CAN'T RETAIN THE
01:30 - 16.309 BENEFIT OF THAT JOINT TENANCY
01:30 - 17.319 THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD
01:30 - 18.659 WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT THE
01:30 - 20.189 SECOND TO DIE WOULD PAY THE
01:30 - 22.129 INHERITANCE TAX. THAT'S THAT'S
01:30 - 23.439 CORRECT BECAUSE
01:30 - 25.219 YOU EITHER HAVE A TRUST OR YOU
01:30 - 26.749 DON'T AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
01:30 - 27.879 MADE IT VERY CLEAR
01:30 - 30.849 THAT MEANS 72 P S SECTION 9, 1,
01:30 - 34.879 3, 9, ONE '02 9, 1, 3, 9,
01:30 - 37.159 SO NOW WANTED TO SAYS THAT
01:30 - 38.839 TRUST ARE SUBJECT TO TAX THEIR
01:30 - 39.739 SUBJECT TO INHERITANCE
01:30 - 42.239 TAX REGARDLESS 9, 1, UNLESS
01:30 - 43.449 THEY QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION
01:30 - 45.549 FOR DEFERRED TAX. NOW 1, 1, 3,
01:30 - 47.529 LAYS OUT THE ELEMENTS FOR THAT.
01:30 - 49.839 FOR THOSE EXEMPTIONS ONE OF
01:30 - 50.789 WHICH IS SO USE.
01:30 - 52.509 SO HERE IS THAT THAT IS
01:30 - 53.649 THE AS AS YOUR INTEREST THEY'RE
01:30 - 55.269 SUBJECT TO TAX NOW LET'S TAKE
01:30 - 57.179 IT ONE CENTS STEP FURTHER THAN
01:30 - 58.609 WHAT IF WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
01:30 - 00.649 AN EXEMPTION WHAT IF YOU'RE
01:31 - 01.659 ONLY LOOKING TO PAY THE
01:31 - 03.719 SPOUSAL RATE THEN YOU LEAVE
01:31 - 05.249 YOUR ASSETS TO YOUR SPOUSE OUT
01:31 - 06.229 RIGHT IN FRONT OF TRUST YOU
01:31 - 07.359 DON'T GET TO HAVE BOTH YOU
01:31 - 08.529 DON'T GET TO HAVE THE
01:31 - 09.889 PROTECTION AND THE AND THE
01:31 - 11.249 NUMBER SECTION, BUT THE
01:31 - 12.539 BENEFITS OF A TRUST.
01:31 - 13.869 BUT WHAT ARE YOUR ASSETS INTO A
01:31 - 15.669 TRUST THAT THERE IS NEW HERE AT
01:31 - 17.969 THE TRUST CORRECT. SO YOU KNOW
01:31 - 19.099 YOU SAID THAT.
01:31 - 22.009 THE GRAND TOURS DON'T GET THE
01:31 - 23.089 BENEFIT OF BOTH.
01:31 - 24.939 >>BUT WHAT I'M SENSING WHEN I
01:31 - 26.519 READ THIS IS THAT THE
01:31 - 27.869 GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO HAVE
01:31 - 28.409 THE BENEFIT
01:31 - 30.899 OF BOTH BECAUSE THIS DOCUMENT
01:31 - 32.539 THIS TRUST WAS NOT AN ASSET
01:31 - 34.789 PROTECTION DOCUMENT. THIS WAS A
01:31 - 36.199 CASE WHERE IF SHE WOULD HAVE
01:31 - 37.639 APPLIED FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS
01:31 - 38.929 SUCH AS MEDICAID WE WOULD
01:31 - 41.249 HAVE SAID NO SHE MAINTAINS
01:31 - 41.989 CONTROL OVER
01:31 - 44.279 THOSE ASSETS. BUT NOW BECAUSE
01:31 - 45.729 SHE MAINTAINS CONTROL OVER
01:31 - 46.639 THOSE ASSETS WERE
01:31 - 48.839 TRYING TO WELL IN HERAT AND
01:31 - 50.719 STACKS ON HER PREMATURELY
01:31 - 54.699 SO IT MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT
01:31 - 55.819 ANYONE'S TRYING
01:31 - 57.879 TO HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT
01:31 - 59.549 TOO AND THE BENEFIT OF BOTH
01:31 - 01.159 IT'S ACTUALLY THE GOVERNMENT
01:32 - 02.629 THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DOING IT
01:32 - 04.129 AND IF THAT MIGHT THAT MIGHT
01:32 - 05.529 BE THE YOU KNOW THE
01:32 - 06.859 INTERPRETATION BUT AGAIN THAT'S
01:32 - 08.119 FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO
01:32 - 09.929 DECIDE AND NOT FOR YOUR HONOR'S
01:32 - 11.499 TO DECIDE SO YOU WOULD YOU
01:32 - 13.249 THINK THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
01:32 - 15.179 WHAT HAS BEEN 2
01:32 - 17.029 HAVEN'T TRUST THAT'S NOT AN
01:32 - 17.409 ASSET
01:32 - 19.579 PROTECTION TRUST THAT SPRINGS
01:32 - 21.529 IN INHERITANCE TAX PREMATURELY
01:32 - 22.479 YOU THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
01:32 - 23.849 THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT. I DON'T
01:32 - 24.899 THINK THAT'S THE LEGISLATIVE
01:32 - 26.059 INTENT. IF THAT'S YOUR HONOR'S
01:32 - 27.309 INTERPRETATION OF IT THAT'S
01:32 - 28.779 THAT'S ONE THINGS LIKE THAT.
01:32 - 31.119 BUT THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT AS
01:32 - 32.289 IT STANDS RIGHT NOW
01:32 - 33.619 THERE WAS NO DEFINITION FOR
01:32 - 35.469 SOYUZ TRUST AND WHEN THAT THE
01:32 - 36.649 PRESIDENT JUDGE INDICATED
01:32 - 38.599 THAT THE STATUE HAS BEEN
01:32 - 40.849 REVISED TWICE 2002 2003.
01:32 - 42.219 AND THEN IT FINALLY INCLUDED A
01:32 - 43.639 DEFINITION AN ELEMENT OF
01:32 - 45.229 SO USE IF THE GENERAL
01:32 - 47.149 ASSEMBLY'S INTENT WAS TO ALLOW
01:32 - 48.669 FOR THIS TYPE OF DIFFERENT
01:32 - 50.499 EXEMPTION FOR A VOCAL TRUST IT
01:32 - 51.329 WOULD HAVE SAID SO.
01:32 - 52.629 >>THERE'S ALSO SUPPORTING CASE
01:32 - 54.489 LAW FROM ADAMS THE STATE THAT
01:32 - 56.679 INDICATES THAT THIS SORT
01:32 - 59.479 THIS APPLICATION FOR THIS
01:32 - 00.889 EXEMPTION THIS DEFERRED TAX
01:33 - 02.219 EYES ONLY APPLIES HERE. BUT
01:33 - 04.279 WHAT RUSS BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE
01:33 - 06.189 IF IF IF THE IF THE
01:33 - 08.799 SPOUSE ROUTINES THE INTERVIEW,
01:33 - 10.059 THOSE POWER OF APPOINTMENT.
01:33 - 12.199 IT IS NOT A SOYUZ TRUSTED IS
01:33 - 12.999 THERE FOR A VOCAL
01:33 - 14.809 AND THAT IF THEY'RE NOT LOOKING
01:33 - 16.319 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOLE USE
01:33 - 18.059 TRUST AND IT'S A REVOCABLE
01:33 - 21.129 TRUST AND THE SECOND SPOUSE.
01:33 - 24.499 >>THEN IT DOESN'T HAVE TO WELL
01:33 - 25.679 THE FIRST GAS IS GOING HAVE TO
01:33 - 27.059 PAY ALL THE INHERITANCE TAX AND
01:33 - 28.899 IT'S REVOCABLE IT COULD NO
01:33 - 30.549 LONGER EXIST AT THE TIME THAT
01:33 - 31.979 THE FIRST TO DOCK THE FIRST
01:33 - 33.989 DIES IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE
01:33 - 35.759 NOT GETTING ANY BENEFIT FROM
01:33 - 37.739 THE TRUST AND IF THEY'RE NOT
01:33 - 38.899 GETTING ANY BENEFIT FROM
01:33 - 41.469 THE TRUST. AND IT'S REVOCABLE
01:33 - 43.249 IT'S NOT CONTINUING EXISTENCE
01:33 - 44.439 AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT
01:33 - 46.149 THERE WILL BE ANY TRANSFER TO
01:33 - 47.609 ULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES OTHER
01:33 - 48.529 THAN A SPOUSE.
01:33 - 50.339 I DON'T QUITE FOLLOW THAT.
01:33 - 51.399 BUT WHAT I THINK YOU'RE SAYING
01:33 - 52.129 IS IF.
01:33 - 55.879 THE SO YOU STRESS IS THERE IS A
01:33 - 57.669 BENEFIT TO THAT THIS IT'S I
01:33 - 58.909 WE'RE NOT DISAGREEING THAT IT'S
01:33 - 00.509 NOT A SOYUZ TRUST LET'S SAY
01:34 - 01.849 IT'S JUST A REVOCABLE TRUST
01:34 - 03.339 IT'S NOT A SOYUZ TRUST OKAY,
01:34 - 05.409 NOT IT'S NOT IF IT'S WILL SAY
01:34 - 06.559 FOR SAKE OF ARGUMENT, IT'S NOT
01:34 - 08.889 DRAFTED AND AND THAT IT DOESN'T
01:34 - 10.219 HAVE THE EFFECT THAT MAY OR MAY
01:34 - 11.519 NOT HAVE BEEN INTENDED HAVE
01:34 - 12.549 NONETHELESS IT'S STILL
01:34 - 14.929 REPLICABLE AND SO THE WORST
01:34 - 15.229 THING THAT
01:34 - 18.049 CAN HAPPEN IS THAT YOU WHICH I
01:34 - 19.439 THINK IS AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE
01:34 - 21.019 OF LAW TO IS HOW DO YOU
01:34 - 22.119 ATTRIBUTE IT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE
01:34 - 23.819 IT IN WHAT FORM OF TENDENCY TO
01:34 - 25.339 THE 2 OWNERS OF THE TRUST
01:34 - 27.079 THEY LOSE THAT TENDENCY BY THE
01:34 - 28.159 ENTIRE TEASE WHEN THEY PUT THE
01:34 - 29.959 TRUST PROPERTY IN WORK AND THEY
01:34 - 32.099 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT NOW THAT
01:34 - 33.199 THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE INCURRED
01:34 - 35.249 ITS TAX ATTRIBUTED TO THAT SO
01:34 - 36.859 THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE ISSUE AND
01:34 - 38.269 THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT IT'S
01:34 - 39.719 COMPLETELY REVOCABLE WITHIN THE
01:34 - 41.239 CONTROL OF THE SECOND SPOUSE,
01:34 - 42.539 THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT
01:34 - 43.829 SHE HAS TO KEEP THIS TRUST IN
01:34 - 45.669 EXISTENCE. AND THERE'S NOTHING
01:34 - 46.539 THAT GUARANTEES THE
01:34 - 47.859 BENEFICIARIES THAT EXIST IN
01:34 - 50.329 THE DOCUMENT AND SO HOW IS IT
01:34 - 51.639 THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT SHE'S
01:34 - 53.239 NOT GOING TO SHUT DOWN THE
01:34 - 55.079 TRUST THE NEXT DAY CREATE A NEW
01:34 - 57.199 ONE CHANGE THE BENEFICIARIES OR
01:34 - 57.639 ANYTHING
01:34 - 59.719 ELSE THAT MIGHT MAKE THE FACT
01:34 - 01.239 THAT YOU KNOW 84%
01:35 - 03.839 4.5 PER OR 84% OF THE TRUST
01:35 - 06.109 THAT 4.5% DOESN'T SEEM FAIR AND
01:35 - 08.139 SO THAT'S EXACTLY OUR POINT AND
01:35 - 09.309 I MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS
01:35 - 09.799 BETTER WITH
01:35 - 11.629 A HYPOTHETICAL. LET'S SAY
01:35 - 13.539 BECAUSE WE'VE ALL CONCEDED THAT
01:35 - 15.219 THIS IS A REVOLT TRUST WHICH
01:35 - 16.709 MEANS THAT SHE CAN CHANGE AND
01:35 - 18.299 AND GIVE MONEY AWAY AS MUCH AS
01:35 - 18.859 SHE WANTS.
01:35 - 20.779 >>AND ACTUALLY FIRST YEAR POINT
01:35 - 21.119 JUDGE.
01:35 - 23.989 THE FACT THAT IT IS A VOCAL
01:35 - 25.089 MEANS THAT IT DOESN'T QUALIFY
01:35 - 26.949 FOR SO USE AND SO WE DON'T HAVE
01:35 - 28.449 THIS LIKE YOU SAID THIS WAS
01:35 - 30.539 DRAFTED INCORRECTLY SO IT IS
01:35 - 32.929 ALL SPECULATIVE BUT WHAT WOULD
01:35 - 35.149 WHAT COULD HAPPEN IS ON THE EVE
01:35 - 36.469 OF HER DEATH ON THE EVE OF
01:35 - 36.989 MISSES HER
01:35 - 38.799 CAR'S DEATH. SHE COULD DECIDE
01:35 - 39.949 YOU KNOW WHAT ALL THE ASSETS OF
01:35 - 41.799 MISTRUST, I'M GOING TO GIVE
01:35 - 43.169 THEM ALL TO MY KNEES ON THE EVE
01:35 - 43.719 OF HER DEATH.
01:35 - 45.769 SO AS BECAUSE INHERITANCE TAX
01:35 - 47.269 ASSESSED AT THE DATE OF DEATH
01:35 - 49.159 THEN THE MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE
01:35 - 50.839 BEEN THE TRUST THAT SHOULD HAVE
01:35 - 54.599 GOT THAT SHOULD HAVE TAX OF 15%
01:35 - 55.659 TO GO TO THE KNEES WHEN SHE
01:35 - 57.519 RECEIVED IT ON THE DAY AFTER
01:35 - 59.359 DEATH. INSTEAD ALL OF
01:35 - 02.489 THAT MONEY PASSES JOINT OUR TAX
01:36 - 04.019 RATE TAX RATES NOT IN A
01:36 - 05.539 REPUTABLE TRUST IT'S NEVER BEEN
01:36 - 06.229 GUARANTEED
01:36 - 08.829 GO TIFFANY'S SO BECAUSE IT'S
01:36 - 10.589 REVOCABLE SHE COULD CHANGE THAT
01:36 - 12.219 ANY DAY WITH OR WITHOUT THE
01:36 - 13.799 EXISTENCE OF A TRUST SO IF THE
01:36 - 15.269 TRUST DIDN'T EXIST AND CHOOSE
01:36 - 16.989 MANAGING HER ASSETS OUTSIDE OF
01:36 - 18.209 THEM AND SHE HAD A WILL THAT
01:36 - 18.969 SAID I'M GOING TO LEAVE
01:36 - 20.239 EVERYTHING TO THE KNEES SHE
01:36 - 21.519 DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY INHERITANCE
01:36 - 22.629 TAX ON THAT NOW
01:36 - 24.289 AND THEN THE DAY BEFORE HE CAN
01:36 - 25.279 DECIDE SHE'S GOING TO GIVE IT
01:36 - 26.329 TO SOMEONE THAT SHE DIDN'T DO
01:36 - 27.379 THAT, BUT IT'S THE SAME WAY
01:36 - 28.909 WITH THE TRUST IS NOT THE SAME
01:36 - 30.249 WAY THAT TRUST BECAUSE TRUST
01:36 - 31.519 ASSETS ARE TAXABLE UNDER
01:36 - 34.049 9, 9, 9, 1, TO 2, 9, 1, 1, 3,
01:36 - 35.619 IF YOU WANT TO IF YOU WANT TO
01:36 - 37.659 AVOID TAX WITH THE FACT THAT
01:36 - 39.249 THEIR TAXABLE I'M JUST SAYING
01:36 - 41.469 THE FACT THAT THEY ARE IT'S THE
01:36 - 42.099 RATE AT WHICH
01:36 - 43.869 THEY'RE TAXABLE AND IN THIS
01:36 - 45.729 CASE ALL WE KNOW IS WE HAVE TO
01:36 - 46.719 WE HAVE A HUSBAND
01:36 - 48.699 AND WIFE OWNED IT AS JOINT
01:36 - 50.569 TENANTS PUT THAT PROPERTY AGAIN
01:36 - 51.679 AND NOW YOUR TRIBUTE BACK
01:36 - 53.219 THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW AT THIS
01:36 - 54.839 POINT I'D LIKE TO CHIME IN
01:36 - 57.129 FIRST OF ALL JUST FOR THE SAKE
01:36 - 58.599 OF CLARITY LIKE ALI DID IT
01:36 - 00.319 DID NOT SAY THAT THAT DOCUMENT
01:37 - 01.359 WAS DRAFTED HE SAID FOR
01:37 - 02.769 ARGUMENT'S SAKE, LET'S SAY THAT
01:37 - 03.799 IT WAS DRAFTED YES CERTAINLY.
01:37 - 05.269 >>SHE DID WAS DRAFTED
01:37 - 05.829 INCORRECTLY.
01:37 - 08.609 AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS YOU
01:37 - 09.869 SAID TWICE IT WAS DRAFTED
01:37 - 11.459 INCORRECTLY WHAT IS THE
01:37 - 12.859 LANGUAGE THAT WOULD HAVE MADE
01:37 - 15.589 A DIFFERENCE. THE SPOUSE WOULD
01:37 - 17.269 NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETAIN AN
01:37 - 18.119 INTERVIEW HAS POWER OF
01:37 - 20.179 APPOINTMENT AS CLEARLY DEFINED
01:37 - 20.679 BEING.
01:37 - 22.009 >>SECTION 9, 1, 1, 3, OF
01:37 - 25.669 THE STATUTE IN THE ACTUAL TRUST
01:37 - 28.689 AGREEMENT UNDER SHE
01:37 - 30.909 RETAINS THAT. INTERVIEW AS PART
01:37 - 32.369 OF A AND SHE ALSO RETAINS A
01:37 - 33.679 TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF WOMEN
01:37 - 35.019 UNDER BEFORE E
01:37 - 38.169 BEFORE C. SHE IS ABLE TO
01:37 - 40.549 SHE'S ABLE TO MAKE AMENDMENTS
01:37 - 43.369 TO THE TRUST IS WELL OK SO I'M
01:37 - 44.659 JUST KIND OF THINKING OUT LOUD
01:37 - 45.359 HERE SO.
01:37 - 46.829 >>SHE AND HER HUSBAND PUT THE
01:37 - 49.369 ASSETS INTO THE TRUST. SHE
01:37 - 49.969 RETAINED
01:37 - 52.179 THE POWER TO DO WHATEVER SHE
01:37 - 53.939 WANTS WITHIN THE TRUST AND YOUR
01:37 - 55.039 CONCERN IS
01:37 - 56.589 BUT IF SHE GIVES IT AWAY AND
01:37 - 57.519 THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T GET
01:37 - 00.949 THERE THERE. INHERITANCE TAX MY
01:38 - 01.559 QUESTION TO
01:38 - 03.799 YOU IS WHAT IS THE BENEFIT THAT
01:38 - 05.699 SHE RECEIVED FROM IT BEING IN
01:38 - 05.769 THE
01:38 - 08.139 TRUST IT. SHE SHOULD WHAT IS
01:38 - 09.909 SHE GETTING OUT OF THE FACT YOU
01:38 - 10.999 KNOW LIKE I SAID TO YOU IT'S
01:38 - 11.709 NOT AN ASSET
01:38 - 13.919 PROTECTION TRUST. SO WHAT IS
01:38 - 15.569 HER BENEFIT TO HAVING IN THE
01:38 - 17.559 TRUST SHE RECEIVES THE INCOMING
01:38 - 18.869 PRINCE OR DISTRIBUTIONS DURING
01:38 - 19.629 HER LIFETIME
01:38 - 21.129 WHEN THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET
01:38 - 22.179 WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO PROTECT
01:38 - 22.759 THE GOVERNMENT
01:38 - 24.889 FROM THERE, SHE'S NOT SHE
01:38 - 26.719 DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
01:38 - 28.689 GETTING. SIR AND.
01:38 - 31.609 SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE IN A
01:38 - 33.329 NURSING HOME FOR SHE'S NOT
01:38 - 36.469 GETTING MEDICAID. SO WHERE IS
01:38 - 38.089 THE GOVERNMENT GETTING HOSED.
01:38 - 42.719 THE DEFERRAL OF THE TAX SO HALF
01:38 - 45.239 OF THE ASSETS ARE TAXED AT A
01:38 - 45.899 LATER DATE.
01:38 - 48.419 INSTEAD IT WAS SO YOU SEE THOSE
01:38 - 50.709 USE THAT IF THIS WAS HER OWN
01:38 - 53.199 ASSETS ALTOGETHER. I'M NOT IN
01:38 - 53.989 THE TRUST.
01:38 - 56.939 IT DIDN'T TAKE IT TAKE IT TO
01:38 - 59.009 THE EXTENT OF YOUR KNEES OR HER
01:38 - 00.759 KNEES AND SHE GIVES HER OWN
01:39 - 02.499 ASSETS AWAY SO IF THERE'S NO
01:39 - 03.769 TRUST SHE CAN DO WHATEVER SHE
01:39 - 04.099 WANTS WITH
01:39 - 05.929 THEIR ASSETS AND THIS DRESS SHE
01:39 - 07.169 MAINTAIN THE POWER TO DO
01:39 - 08.219 WHATEVER SHE WANTS WITH HER
01:39 - 10.469 ASSETS. SHE GIVES IT AWAY TO
01:39 - 11.289 HER KNEES.
01:39 - 14.539 SHE COULD HAVE DONE THAT ANYWAY
01:39 - 14.889 WITHOUT
01:39 - 16.769 THE TRUST CORRECT, BUT THAT
01:39 - 18.549 SHOULD HAVE PUT INTO A TRUST IF
01:39 - 20.309 YOU SHOOT SHE MAINTAIN CONTROL
01:39 - 21.799 IN THIS REVOCABLE TRUST.
01:39 - 23.229 SO IT'S NOTHING MORE
01:39 - 25.699 THAN A MANAGEMENT AND IT'S
01:39 - 28.169 NOTHING MORE IN NAME ONLY SHE'S
01:39 - 29.869 JUST MANAGING HER ASSETS
01:39 - 31.239 THROUGH THE TRUST THAT'S NOT
01:39 - 32.409 TRUE IF IT.
01:39 - 34.699 >>IT WAS A JOINT BANK ACCOUNT.
01:39 - 36.059 THEN THAT WOULD BE ALRIGHT AND
01:39 - 37.539 FREE OF TRUST TO DO IS CASH
01:39 - 39.409 IN HER POCKET THAT WOULD BE OUR
01:39 - 41.259 IN FREE OF TRUST ITS INTEREST
01:39 - 42.749 IT'S IN A TRUST, BUT NOBODY'S
01:39 - 44.539 DISPUTING THE INHERITANCE TAXES
01:39 - 45.989 DO IT'S JUST
01:39 - 48.849 THE AMOUNT THAT IS DUE AND THE
01:39 - 49.819 FACT THAT
01:39 - 51.849 SHE BECAUSE SHE'S MANAGING
01:39 - 53.429 THROUGH A TRUST NOT RECEIVING
01:39 - 54.559 BENEFIT FROM THAT
01:39 - 57.419 THE FIRST TO DIE IS NOT GETTING
01:39 - 58.859 THE SPOUSAL RATE
01:39 - 01.269 OF INHERITANCE TAX INSTEAD THE
01:40 - 02.999 INTERNS TAXES BEING CHARGED OR
01:40 - 05.139 THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS STREET
01:40 - 07.259 OVER TRUST ADD IN A TRUST THAT
01:40 - 07.429 CAN
01:40 - 10.289 BE REVOKED SO THAT SHE GOT NO
01:40 - 11.939 BENEFIT FROM THE TRUST SHE JUST
01:40 - 13.459 HAS IT OUT THERE AS A STATE
01:40 - 16.169 PLANNING TOOL WILL SAY. AND NOW
01:40 - 18.099 SHE'S IT HAVING TO PAY
01:40 - 19.849 INHERITANCE TAX WHEN HER
01:40 - 21.309 HUSBAND PASSES AWAY,
01:40 - 23.619 INSTEAD OF THE SECOND TO DIE
01:40 - 25.029 NOT BECAUSE SHE HAD THAT SHE
01:40 - 27.119 WANTED IT TO SO USE TRUST WE'RE
01:40 - 28.369 MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION.
01:40 - 29.899 BUT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
01:40 - 31.129 ATTRIBUTING IT TO THEM AS
01:40 - 33.429 HUSBAND AND WIFE AND WE'RE NOT
01:40 - 33.999 SEEING SHE SHOULD
01:40 - 36.129 BE EXEMPT FROM INHERITANCE TAX
01:40 - 37.319 BUT THAT THE PROPER RATE SHOULD
01:40 - 38.999 BE BECAUSE YOUR RULE ABOUT THE
01:40 - 40.429 TAX STILL HAVE TO BE PAID IS
01:40 - 41.779 THERE. IT'S JUST THE RATE.
01:40 - 43.159 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE PAID
01:40 - 45.309 AT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO
01:40 - 47.239 GUARANTEE THAT SHE'S TAKING IT
01:40 - 48.749 OUT OF HER STATE AND AND
01:40 - 50.999 GIVEN THIS IRREVOCABLE GIFT TO
01:40 - 52.059 THESE PEOPLE
01:40 - 53.489 EVEN IF IT WERE A NUMBER OF
01:40 - 54.829 PEOPLE AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
01:40 - 56.069 THE SPECIFIC RATE WAS GOING TO
01:40 - 56.169 BE
01:40 - 58.219 BECAUSE IT'S REVOCABLE IS
01:40 - 00.259 REALLY JUST A FALLACY IT'S JUST
01:41 - 02.229 IT HAS NO OTHER EFFECT OTHER
01:41 - 02.649 THEN
01:41 - 04.459 A WILL THE COUNCIL ARE WE
01:41 - 06.419 SAYING I'M SORRY ARE YOU START
01:41 - 07.809 AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
01:41 - 10.699 >>IS OTHER. ACTIONS HAD
01:41 - 12.029 HAPPENED ON THE PART.
01:41 - 17.459 AFTER THE HUSBAND DIE WHEN
01:41 - 21.049 WE WHEN SHE WAS ABLE TO RETAIN
01:41 - 23.059 THIS AS HER OWN.
01:41 - 26.009 THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT SHE
01:41 - 26.989 COULD HAVE THE OR THERE WERE
01:41 - 28.099 OTHER THINGS THAT SHE COULD
01:41 - 29.239 HAVE DONE THAT WOULD HAVE
01:41 - 31.559 PREVENTED THE HIGHER TAX
01:41 - 32.089 BRACKET.
01:41 - 35.899 >>I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE
01:41 - 37.399 QUESTION BUT HAD THE TRUST
01:41 - 38.279 AGREEMENT BEEN DRAFTED
01:41 - 40.519 CORRECTLY WITH THAT.
01:41 - 43.289 WHY BUT WHAT IT WAS WHATEVER IT
01:41 - 43.989 WAS IT'S IT'S
01:41 - 45.889 DRAFTED BUT YOU SAID A LITTLE
01:41 - 48.929 EARLIER IF SHE HAD FILED A
01:41 - 50.249 ANOTHER MAN OK.
01:41 - 52.379 >>SO WHERE DID SO THERE WAS
01:41 - 54.899 FURTHER. I GUESS PLANNING IF
01:41 - 56.769 YOU WILL THAT HAD TO OCCUR ONCE
01:41 - 58.329 SHE BECAME THE OWNER OF THE
01:41 - 00.129 TRUST KNOW DAY SCHEDULE
01:42 - 03.509 SCHEDULED OF COURSE ONE OF THE
01:42 - 05.449 HAIR IS TAX RETURN SO HAD SHE
01:42 - 07.169 FILED THE SCHEDULE AND WITH THE
01:42 - 08.169 INHERITANCE TAX RETURN
01:42 - 09.569 INDICATING HOW MUCH YOU PLAN TO
01:42 - 10.329 USE HERSELF.
01:42 - 12.139 >>AND COMPARED IT TO HOW MUCH
01:42 - 12.609 YOU PLAN TO
01:42 - 14.289 GIVE AWAY THEN SHE COULD HAVE
01:42 - 16.419 ASKED FOR THE COMPROMISE OF
01:42 - 18.109 THAT FUTURE INTEREST AND TO
01:42 - 19.859 HAVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ACCESS
01:42 - 23.269 TAXED AT NO WITH NO TAX AND
01:42 - 25.059 THEN THE REST OF IT TO THE NICE
01:42 - 26.369 SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO IN
01:42 - 27.909 ORDER FOR HER TO QUALIFY FOR NO
01:42 - 29.179 TAX ON THAT.
01:42 - 30.909 >>FORM SHE WOULD
01:42 - 32.859 HAVE HAD THIS TO HIS SAYS
01:42 - 34.729 BASICALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE
01:42 - 36.399 MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY OR ALL
01:42 - 38.329 OF ALL OF THE I GUESS THE VALUE
01:42 - 40.369 OF THE TRUST, WHATEVER WAS
01:42 - 41.929 ATTRIBUTED JUST TO HER.
01:42 - 43.529 IF SHE WAS PLANNING TO USE IT
01:42 - 44.649 ALL DURING HER LIFETIME, BUT
01:42 - 46.619 AGAIN THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY
01:42 - 48.169 WORK BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT
01:42 - 49.789 CORRECTLY THE EXEMPTION
01:42 - 51.359 WOULDN'T DOESN'T ACTUALLY APPLY
01:42 - 52.489 TO REVOKE THE TRUST.
01:42 - 54.579 >>OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH I
01:42 - 56.009 THINK YOUR TIME IS WELL OVER A
01:42 - 59.169 SO WILSON. I HAVE TO SAY IT.
01:43 - 02.599 >>GOOD MORNING, YOUR
01:43 - 05.579 PLEASE THE COURT MY NAME IS PAT
01:43 - 07.439 FELIX. YOU HAVE
01:43 - 08.959 THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE
01:43 - 10.469 DRAFTING A TURN HERE TODAY AS
01:43 - 11.969 WELL AS THE ATTORNEY ARGUING
01:43 - 13.519 THE APPEAL. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT
01:43 - 14.619 IT WAS DRAFTED CORRECTLY AND
01:43 - 17.339 JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE
01:43 - 19.429 BACKGROUND FOR THE PAST 36
01:43 - 20.249 YEARS, I'VE LIVED IN MY
01:43 - 21.859 PRACTICE TO ESTATE PLANNING
01:43 - 24.069 EXCLUSIVELY. I DRAFTED AND
01:43 - 24.889 WHERE MISTER MORE THAN
01:43 - 27.469 3,000 TRUSTS I PROBABLY FILED
01:43 - 29.459 OVER 1000 HARRIS TAX RETURNS,
01:43 - 30.819 THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM BEING
01:43 - 32.229 VOCAL TRUST RETURNS.
01:43 - 35.359 AND I'VE NEVER UP
01:43 - 37.759 UNTIL TODAY. WE HAVE RECEIVED
01:43 - 39.229 ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY JOINT
01:43 - 40.779 REVOKE ULTRA STRONG AND PARENTS
01:43 - 42.599 TAX RETURN. THE ACTION THE
01:43 - 43.439 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WAS
01:43 - 44.209 UNDERTAKING HERE IS
01:43 - 46.109 UNPRECEDENTED. WHAT THEY'RE
01:43 - 47.069 ATTEMPTING TO DO IS THEY'RE
01:43 - 48.879 ATTEMPTING TO 10 ASSETS
01:43 - 51.009 THAT BELONG TO THE SURVIVING
01:43 - 53.139 SPOUSES JUDGE O'TOOLE FOUND THE
01:43 - 54.229 PRESIDENT JUDGE OF THE ORPHANS
01:43 - 56.339 COURT ALLEGHENY COUNTY WE'RE
01:43 - 57.309 DOING THE SAME THING.
01:43 - 59.769 SO YOU TRUST DOES NOT APPLY
01:43 - 01.639 HERE. I DIDN'T DRAFTED TO BE A
01:44 - 03.269 SLOW NEWS TRUST I DRAFTED
01:44 - 04.889 PLENTY OF SONGS TRUST THIS WAS
01:44 - 06.839 NOT ONE OF THEM. I DRAFTED
01:44 - 08.849 THAT WELL MISTER PUT THE
01:44 - 11.419 CAR DIED. EVERYTHING IN THE
01:44 - 14.989 TRUST IS CONTROLLED OWNED BY
01:44 - 18.249 MISSUS POTENT. SHE IS THE LEGAL
01:44 - 19.379 OWNER ALL THE TRUST DOES A
01:44 - 20.999 SEPARATE LEGAL BENEFICIAL
01:44 - 21.899 OWNERSHIP. ALL
01:44 - 24.369 OF THAT MISSUS POTEET CAR IS
01:44 - 25.529 THE LEGAL OWNER, SHE'S THE SOLE
01:44 - 27.599 TRUSTEE. MISSUS POTEET CAR IS
01:44 - 29.639 THE SOUL BENEFICIARY
01:44 - 31.849 HOLDS COMPLETE EQUITABLE TITLED
01:44 - 32.379 THE TRUST.
01:44 - 34.659 THERE IS NO SCHEDULE AND TO
01:44 - 36.409 PREPARE BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE HAS
01:44 - 38.179 AN INTEREST IN THIS TRUST IS
01:44 - 40.359 REVOKED THE BALL. WHY WHY WHY
01:44 - 41.269 IS THERE A TRUST
01:44 - 42.829 WHY IS THEIR TRUST BECAUSE THE
01:44 - 43.999 BEST ESTATE PLANNING TOOL YOU
01:44 - 44.549 CAN USE.
01:44 - 48.469 BUT IN CHARGE.
01:44 - 53.999 HAD THE 0 TAX RATE SHE IF SHE
01:44 - 55.339 DIDN'T HAVE A TRUST AND SHE
01:44 - 56.699 DOES NOT OWN THE SAME THING.
01:44 - 59.639 >>JUDGE WOULD HAVE BEEN ANY
01:44 - 00.909 DIFFERENT SHE TOOK IT ALL OUT
01:45 - 01.959 THE DAY AFTER MISTER POE TO
01:45 - 03.539 CAR DIED. AND THEN TURNED
01:45 - 04.659 AROUND AND THE TITLE OVER
01:45 - 05.829 ASSETS AND PUT IT RIGHT BACK IN
01:45 - 05.909 THE
01:45 - 07.809 SAME TRUST. NOW THERE WOULD BE
01:45 - 09.559 NO DIFFERENCE. HE HAS THE RIGHT
01:45 - 10.739 TO DO THAT IT BELONGS
01:45 - 13.139 EXCLUSIVELY TO HURT AND NOBODY
01:45 - 15.079 HAS STANDING TO OBJECT
01:45 - 17.149 TO THAT THE PROCESS IS THOUGH
01:45 - 18.589 OTHER BENEFICIARIES I HAVE A
01:45 - 19.889 QUESTION IN THE SERIES IS NO
01:45 - 20.999 SCHEDULE HIM.
01:45 - 23.829 >>CRATES PAUL'S WITH ME
01:45 - 26.359 MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT WE
01:45 - 28.979 RAN OUT OF TIME AND THE COUNCIL
01:45 - 30.969 IS ARGUING. I'VE
01:45 - 32.289 NEVER KNOWN A TAXING AUTHORITY
01:45 - 32.839 TO BE
01:45 - 35.149 GRACIOUSLY REDUCE WHAT THE
01:45 - 37.669 TAXING ABILITY IS SO THEY HAD
01:45 - 40.079 THE BAR, THE TAX OF 15%.
01:45 - 41.719 WHY DOES A TAX CUT.
01:45 - 44.349 4.5% I GUESS IS BECAUSE THEY
01:45 - 45.459 FROM AN INITIALLY WHEN THEY
01:45 - 46.619 SCREW THE THING UP TRYING TO
01:45 - 47.669 BEATRICE THAT WAS
01:45 - 48.459 NEVER CREATED.
01:45 - 49.829 >>BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
01:45 - 51.259 JUDGE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
01:45 - 52.519 THERE'S A CASE COMING UP BEHIND
01:45 - 54.499 THIS ONE IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
01:45 - 56.239 EXACT SAME SITUATION. THE ONLY
01:45 - 57.479 DIFFERENCE IS THEY TRIED TO TAX
01:45 - 58.419 THE WHOLE THING IS YOU JUST
01:45 - 00.079 SUGGESTED SO THAT CASE IS
01:46 - 01.029 COMING THIS WAY BECAUSE
01:46 - 03.709 THE PRESIDENT JUDGE IN
01:46 - 05.259 WESTMORELAND COUNTY JUDGE HALF
01:46 - 06.229 WE FOUND IN FAVOR OF
01:46 - 07.999 THE TAXPAYER. THAT'S NOW ON
01:46 - 09.269 APPEAL YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT
01:46 - 10.689 SHORTLY EXACT SAME SET
01:46 - 12.299 OF FACTS. THEY TRIED TO TAX THE
01:46 - 13.609 ENTIRE THING IN THE DID'T
01:46 - 15.729 ACCIDENT 15% WE'RE TALKING
01:46 - 17.009 ABOUT $600,000
01:46 - 18.839 INHERITANCE TAX THAT WILL COME
01:46 - 19.869 OUT OF THE TRUST THAT WILL NOT
01:46 - 21.159 BE AVAILABLE TO THE SURVIVING
01:46 - 22.319 SPOUSE TO DO WITH AS SHE
01:46 - 23.899 PLEASES WHAT EXEMPTION
01:46 - 26.449 SURE THE UAE AND FALLING
01:46 - 28.609 ANDERSON ALSO YOU DAISY ROW
01:46 - 29.599 SURE WE'LL FALLING UNDER THE
01:46 - 30.559 EXEMPTION ANYTHING JUDGE
01:46 - 31.899 O'TOOLE WAS REFERENCING IS THE
01:46 - 34.009 FACT THAT YES IT'S IN THE TRUST
01:46 - 35.669 FOR INHERITANCE TAX PURPOSES
01:46 - 38.149 ARE IN FACT OWN BY THE
01:46 - 39.879 FACT THOUGH THIS IS PART OF A
01:46 - 41.609 CAR SO IF YOU WANT TO SECTION
01:46 - 45.459 9, 1, 1, 6, 8, 1.1. THAT
01:46 - 48.029 SECTION. SPECIFICALLY
01:46 - 50.429 STATES THAT INHERITANCE TAX
01:46 - 51.619 UPON THE TRANSFER CAUGHT
01:46 - 53.199 PASSING TO OR FOR THE USE OF A
01:46 - 54.449 HUSBAND WHY SHOULD BE TAXED
01:46 - 56.409 AT 0. THIS ASSET
01:46 - 58.589 TAX TRANSFER TO THE SURVIVING
01:46 - 00.279 SPOUSE, IT'S SIMPLY TRANSFERRED
01:47 - 01.839 INSIDE OF A TRUST IN WHICH IRAQ
01:47 - 03.599 HAS ALL 3 POSITIONS THE STATE
01:47 - 05.329 IS THEY MAY BE TRUE BUT AT THE
01:47 - 06.739 END OF THE DAY. SHE OWNS
01:47 - 08.869 THE ASSETS. NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY
01:47 - 09.929 INTEREST IN THE TRUST.
01:47 - 13.109 WHAT SO EVER WHICH IS WHY I
01:47 - 13.879 DIDN'T FILE A
01:47 - 15.779 SCHEDULE M FOR AN OFFER FOR
01:47 - 17.259 COMPROMISE LIKE I'VE DONE
01:47 - 19.389 THOUSANDS OF TIMES DID APPLY
01:47 - 20.759 HERE WHEN YOU SAY IT'S
01:47 - 21.829 BENEFICIAL FOR.
01:47 - 23.759 >>TAX PLANNING HOW WAS IT WAS
01:47 - 25.099 BENEFICIAL FOR OVERALL PLANNING
01:47 - 26.819 HAD DONE ABOUT 3,000 OF THE
01:47 - 28.869 SEMI BENEFIT HAVING
01:47 - 30.639 ENJOYED TRUST. IT'S A BIGGER
01:47 - 31.869 ASSET MANAGEMENT WILL HAVE ALL
01:47 - 33.269 MY ASSETS ONE PLACE A LOT OF MY
01:47 - 34.399 CLIENTS HAVE ASSETS IN OTHER
01:47 - 35.459 STATES BECOME LICENSED AND
01:47 - 37.259 CIVIL JURISDICTION, SO I AVOID
01:47 - 39.189 PROBATE COURT COSTS AND OTHER
01:47 - 40.989 STATES WHEN ONE SPOUSE DIES
01:47 - 42.009 EVERYTHING STAYS IN THE SAME
01:47 - 42.489 TRUST
01:47 - 44.309 HERE AFTER MIS MISTER PUT
01:47 - 45.389 ACROSS DEFINITION COULD
01:47 - 46.339 PROBABLY SLIPPING A LITTLE BIT
01:47 - 47.679 SHE BROUGHT HER SON ON THE COTE
01:47 - 49.229 RUSTY. THEY'RE NOW MANAGING
01:47 - 49.419 THOSE
01:47 - 50.919 ASSETS TOGETHER MUCH MORE
01:47 - 52.099 EFFECTIVELY THAN THE POWER OF
01:47 - 53.559 ATTORNEY THEN A DURABLE POWER
01:47 - 53.659 OF
01:47 - 55.549 ATTORNEY WITH AND NOW SHE CAN
01:47 - 56.979 CHANGE THE TRUST HER SHE WANTS
01:47 - 58.299 SHE CHANGES ONE DOCUMENT
01:47 - 59.789 THAT CHANGED THE DISPOSITION OF
01:47 - 01.139 ALL OR ASSETS JUST HAVE TO GO
01:48 - 01.839 BACK AND SEE WHAT THE
01:48 - 02.869 BENEFICIARIES OF HER LIFE
01:48 - 04.799 INSURANCE ANNUITIES RETIREMENT
01:48 - 06.609 PLANS ARE THIS IS ONE DOCUMENT
01:48 - 07.739 THE CONTROLS THE DISPOSITION OF
01:48 - 09.459 ALL ASSETS THAT SHE CAN EASILY
01:48 - 09.839 HANDLE AND
01:48 - 11.579 TAKE CARE AND IT MANAGES THE
01:48 - 13.089 ASSETS FOR THE SURVIVING SPOUSE
01:48 - 14.189 MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN A
01:48 - 15.639 POWER OF ATTORNEY. SO
01:48 - 17.299 THEREFORE THE BECAUSE YOU
01:48 - 18.639 DECIDE TO GO DOWN THIS ROUTE.
01:48 - 20.169 THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO JUMP
01:48 - 20.699 IN.
01:48 - 22.829 >>TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT
01:48 - 24.429 THAT SHE SHOULD BE TAXED
01:48 - 25.339 DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE IT'S A
01:48 - 27.069 QUOTE UNQUOTE VO COUPLE TRUST
01:48 - 28.349 NOT REALLY WHAT THE DEPARTMENT
01:48 - 29.369 OF REVENUE IS SAYING IS THAT
01:48 - 30.659 THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN AVOID
01:48 - 32.629 INHERITANCE TAX WITH THE TRUST
01:48 - 34.169 IS IMPORTANT TO QUALIFY.
01:48 - 35.869 UNDER THIS 9, 1, 1, 3, IS A
01:48 - 37.899 SOYUZ TRUST. SHE DOESN'T HAVE
01:48 - 39.429 THE SOLE USE OF THE PROPERTY AS
01:48 - 41.859 TO FACT SHE HAS OWNERSHIP OF
01:48 - 43.389 THE PROPERTY EVEN THOUGH SHE'S
01:48 - 45.769 OCCUPY ALL 3 POSITIONS WHO ELSE
01:48 - 46.369 IS THE OWNER.
01:48 - 49.039 I SALUTE YOU NOBODY HAS HAS AN
01:48 - 50.329 OWNERSHIP INTEREST TO ONLY
01:48 - 52.419 HURT. HOW CAN SOMEBODY ELSE BE
01:48 - 54.169 TEXTING THIS ASSET LIKE
01:48 - 55.449 I SAID, IF YOU ARE TAKING THE
01:48 - 56.579 ASSETS OF THE DAY AFTER YOU
01:48 - 58.029 DIE, AND PUT THEM BACK IN IS
01:48 - 59.299 THAT WHAT I NOW HAVE TO DO TO
01:48 - 00.789 GO BACK TO MY CLIENTS DO THAT
01:49 - 01.259 TO AVOID
01:49 - 03.089 THIS MISHAP THAT DOESN'T SEEM
01:49 - 04.129 LIKE IT MAKES A NICE UNLESS
01:49 - 06.379 SHE REQUIRED ARE YOU REQUIRED
01:49 - 08.119 REQUIRED BY LAW TO GET ANY EYE
01:49 - 09.509 ON WHEN THIS TRUST WAS.
01:49 - 11.039 >>ESTABLISHED KNOW.
01:49 - 12.339 >>WHATEVER YOU CREATE A JOINT
01:49 - 13.439 WE HAVE A CREDIT TO TRY TO
01:49 - 14.759 REVOKE THE TRUST THE SONG IS
01:49 - 15.999 THE CREATOR OF THE TRUST IS A
01:49 - 17.919 TRUSTEE. THE SOLE TRUSTEE
01:49 - 20.369 TRUSTEE. UNDER THE TAX LAWS
01:49 - 21.359 FEDERAL TAX LAW THERE'S NO
01:49 - 22.559 REQUIREMENT TO GET A TAX ID
01:49 - 23.929 NUMBER THE ONLY TIME YOU GET A
01:49 - 25.549 TAX ID NUMBER AS ONE OF THE
01:49 - 26.759 TRUST BECOMES A REVOLT
01:49 - 28.399 AND HAD THE TRUST BECOME VERY
01:49 - 31.399 VOCAL. THIS 9, 1, 1, 3, I AGREE
01:49 - 32.069 WOULD BE RIGHT ON
01:49 - 33.599 THE MONEY, WE'LL BE RIGHT ON
01:49 - 34.659 THE MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT VERY
01:49 - 36.359 VOCAL ITS REVOKE INTENSE YOUR
01:49 - 36.729 QUESTION,
01:49 - 38.239 YOUR HONOR I DID NOT GET A NEW
01:49 - 39.919 100 AND DID NOT GET ANY TAX ID
01:49 - 41.789 NUMBER I USING HER SOCIAL
01:49 - 43.799 SECURITY NUMBER AND ALSO YOUR
01:49 - 44.189 POINT IS
01:49 - 46.009 WELL TAKEN SHE GOES TO APPLY
01:49 - 47.819 NOT MISSING ASSISTANCE GUESS
01:49 - 48.879 WHAT ALL THOSE ASSETS IN THE
01:49 - 51.099 TRUST OR KABUL, WHY BECAUSE
01:49 - 52.419 THOSE RESOURCES BELONG.
01:49 - 55.509 SHE GOT SUPER HAD A CREDIBLE
01:49 - 56.919 CLAIM WITH ALL THE ASSETS IN
01:49 - 58.409 THE TRUST BE SUBJECTED TO THAT
01:49 - 00.259 CREDIT CLAIM ABSOLUTELY
01:50 - 02.449 POSITIVELY. YES. THEY'RE HER
01:50 - 04.079 SHE CAN TAKE THEM OUT CRITTER
01:50 - 05.329 CAN STEP INTO HER SHOES.
01:50 - 07.479 SO THE SAME AUTHORITY TAKE THEM
01:50 - 08.039 ALL OUT
01:50 - 08.959 AND THEREFORE THEY'RE ALL
01:50 - 10.669 SUBJECT TO CREDIT LINES AND SHE
01:50 - 12.879 OWNS THE ASSETS AND SO IN YOUR
01:50 - 15.659 MIND THEN SHE SHOULD HAVE HAD
01:50 - 16.969 THE ASSETS LISTED ON THE
01:50 - 18.299 INHERITANCE TAX RETURN AND IS
01:50 - 19.179 0%.
01:50 - 21.419 >>RATE WOULD APPLY. JUST WHAT
01:50 - 23.929 I DO EXACTLY WHAT I DID EVERY
01:50 - 24.889 PART OF THE ASSETS ON THE
01:50 - 26.089 RETURN AND I PUT
01:50 - 28.429 DOWN 0 BECAUSE IT PASSED TO HER
01:50 - 29.669 LIKE I'VE DONE THOUSANDS OF
01:50 - 31.159 OTHER TIMES ALL THE SUDDEN NOW.
01:50 - 32.179 >>WE HAVE THIS NEW NOVEL
01:50 - 33.489 ARGUMENT THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU
01:50 - 34.669 CAN AVOID INHERITANCE TAX WITH
01:50 - 35.909 A REVOKED THE TRUST ME GOES TO
01:50 - 37.609 A SPOUSE IS IT TO QUALIFY
01:50 - 39.129 SO USE I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE
01:50 - 40.369 YOU THE NEWS I WANT TO GIVE HER
01:50 - 41.399 THE ASSETS WITHOUT HAVING TO
01:50 - 42.499 TAKE THEM OUT OF THE TRUST.
01:50 - 44.369 YOU KNOW WE ALL DROVE TO WORK
01:50 - 46.599 TODAY. WELL IF I DROVE A CAR
01:50 - 47.929 THAT WAS LEAST ONE SOMEBODY
01:50 - 48.649 ELSE. I'D THE USE
01:50 - 50.459 OF IT 5 OF CARDS IN MY NAME
01:50 - 51.779 DRIVE THE USE OF IT OR DO I OWN
01:50 - 53.609 THE CAR. SAME PRINCIPLE
01:50 - 55.699 BASICALLY THAT'S A TRUST LET'S
01:50 - 57.909 NOT LOSE THE FACT THAT SHE IS
01:50 - 59.579 THE DE FACTO OWNER BECAUSE SHE
01:50 - 00.429 OCCUPIES ALL
01:51 - 02.259 3 POSITIONS WHO ELSE TO SHE
01:51 - 04.159 OWING ALLEGIANCE OR ANY LEGAL
01:51 - 06.559 RESPONSIBILITY TO NO ONE.
01:51 - 12.599 THE 2 CASES
01:51 - 13.799 BEHIND THIS AND ALLEGHENY
01:51 - 14.889 COUNTY THAT ON HOLD PENDING
01:51 - 15.819 THIS COULD THIS CASE
01:51 - 18.209 FOREIGN CASES DELBEL THE OTHER
01:51 - 19.409 POINT HERE YOU NEED TO
01:51 - 20.389 UNDERSTAND IS THESE THESE
01:51 - 21.709 ASSETS ARE GOING TO BE TAXED
01:51 - 23.289 TWICE. THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:51 - 24.759 REVENUE WILL TELL YOU KNOW, BUT
01:51 - 26.009 I CAN TELL YOU THEY WILL BE
01:51 - 28.119 BECAUSE AND ADELE BELL CASE,
01:51 - 29.289 THE WIFE DIED FIRST.
01:51 - 31.869 I REPORTED TO NOT PAYING ANY
01:51 - 33.989 INHERITANCE TAX. 8 MONTHS LATER
01:51 - 35.539 ROUGHLY THE HUSBAND THAT
01:51 - 37.379 REPORTED PAY THE INHERITANCE
01:51 - 38.919 TAX ON THE WHOLE FRONT. THE
01:51 - 40.339 PENNSYLVANIA HAD STACKS WILL
01:51 - 42.339 NOW THEY'RE APPEALING THAT SO
01:51 - 43.139 NOW I WANT TO GO BACK AND
01:51 - 45.559 PAY TAX WHEN MISTER DENNIS
01:51 - 47.249 MISSES DELBEL DIED ON HER HALF
01:51 - 49.249 OF THE ASSETS IN 8 MONTHS LATER
01:51 - 49.669 GOING TO PAY
01:51 - 51.959 TAX AGAIN ON MESS DIDN'T CHANGE
01:51 - 53.439 AT ALL SHE DID USE THE INCOME
01:51 - 55.019 SAME ASSET SAME PLACE SAME
01:51 - 55.799 ACCOUNT NUMBER SAYING
01:51 - 57.259 EVERYTHING SO 8 MONTHS LATER
01:51 - 58.679 NOW I WANT TO PAY INHERITANCE
01:51 - 00.719 TAX ON THE SAME EXACT ASSETS
01:52 - 03.089 ONCE AGAIN I DOUBT VERY MUCH
01:52 - 04.199 THAT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
01:52 - 06.439 INTENDED HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT
01:52 - 07.669 WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS
01:52 - 09.299 IS UNPRECEDENTED. YOU KNOW TO A
01:52 - 10.649 POLL OF THE DEPARTMENT REVENUES
01:52 - 11.889 DOING WILL CHANGE ESTATE
01:52 - 13.479 PLANNING AND TAX PLANNING TO
01:52 - 15.499 LOCAL PLANNING. THROUGHOUT THE
01:52 - 16.139 COMMONWEALTH.
01:52 - 18.909 WE'RE EXCITED TO
01:52 - 21.459 SO TIED UP IN THE BUT I'VE DONE
01:52 - 22.499 A LOT OF THESE AND THIS IS MY
01:52 - 24.449 LIFE SO THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE
01:52 - 28.409 ANY QUESTIONS ANYTHING ELSE I
01:52 - 29.269 CAN ANSWER PLEASE.
01:52 - 30.589 >>THE TRUST HAD
01:52 - 33.569 WE FORMED AS AN IRREVOCABLE
01:52 - 34.939 TRUST, BUT THERE IS A
01:52 - 38.249 POWER OF CONTROL OVER THE
01:52 - 40.219 INCOME OR SOME POWER OF
01:52 - 41.889 APPOINTMENT THAT WAS ROUTINE.
01:52 - 44.129 DIDN'T DOES THAT THEN BLOW IT
01:52 - 46.159 UP AND MAKE IT INTO A REVOCABLE
01:52 - 47.829 TRUST NUMBER 8 BACK TO THIS
01:52 - 49.389 DISCUSSION ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE
01:52 - 50.699 IF IT WAS YOUR READ A COUPLE
01:52 - 52.389 TRUST AND I HAVE I WOULD HAVE
01:52 - 53.849 REMAINED ARE BENEFICIARIES THAT
01:52 - 55.139 HAVE VESTED INTERESTS.
01:52 - 56.509 >>SO I WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE
01:52 - 57.989 THAT HAS AN INTEREST AND I READ
01:52 - 59.279 WAS IT ONLY DELAYED UNTIL THEY
01:52 - 00.589 CAN ENJOY IT. BUT IN THERE
01:53 - 02.139 EVERY A VERY VOCAL, TRUSTING
01:53 - 02.829 THE WIFE HAS
01:53 - 04.639 INCOME INTEREST FOR HER LIFE
01:53 - 05.819 THINK HE'S PRINCIPLE FOR HEALTH
01:53 - 07.109 OFTEN MEANS AND SUPPORT AND
01:53 - 07.979 UPON HER DEATH.
01:53 - 09.499 IT GOES TO THE 3 CHILDREN,
01:53 - 10.529 THOSE TREAT CHILDREN HAVE A
01:53 - 12.099 VESTED INTEREST THEY CAN ENJOY
01:53 - 13.829 IT TO THE MOTHER DIES. THEN I
01:53 - 14.609 WOULD DO AN OFFER FOR
01:53 - 15.299 COMPROMISE
01:53 - 17.209 AND SAY SHE'S 8 YEARS OVER
01:53 - 18.859 ISSUES WITH 23% THAT
01:53 - 20.759 0 TAX. THE REMAINING INTEREST
01:53 - 22.609 ACTUALLY IS ALLOCATED TO OR FOR
01:53 - 23.749 THE BENEFIT, THE CHILDREN
01:53 - 25.029 SUBJECT TO 4 AND A HALF PERCENT
01:53 - 26.559 TAX WE WOULD PAY THE TAX AND
01:53 - 27.569 THAT WOULD WORK IS THERE
01:53 - 29.049 SOMETHING IN PENNSYLVANIA LAW
01:53 - 29.529 THAT.
01:53 - 31.259 >>GUIDES US TO KNOW
01:53 - 33.629 WHAT THE WITH WHEN WE'RE
01:53 - 36.219 ATTRIBUTING A TRUST ASSET TO A
01:53 - 37.519 JOINT A PREVIOUS
01:53 - 39.719 JOINT TENANTS HOW IT'S TO BE
01:53 - 41.029 TREATED, YOU KNOW GOOD GOOD
01:53 - 42.979 POINT ON IF YOU LOOK AT
01:53 - 43.689 MY TRUST.
01:53 - 46.279 >>I CHANGE THE CHARACTERIZATION
01:53 - 47.599 OF THE TRUST US TEND TO BUY THE
01:53 - 48.749 ENTIRE JUST A JOINT TENANTS
01:53 - 49.049 WITH RIGHT
01:53 - 51.279 OF SURVIVORSHIP SEEING RESULT
01:53 - 52.629 WHEN ONE DIES ALL GOES TO THE
01:53 - 53.869 SURVIVING SPOUSE I DID THAT
01:53 - 54.749 BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO A
01:53 - 56.429 DISCLAIMER TO USE WHAT'S CALLED
01:53 - 57.769 THE BYPASS TRUSTEES OF THE
01:53 - 58.959 FIRST EXEMPTION OF THE FIRST
01:53 - 59.189 ASKED
01:53 - 01.689 TO DIE. YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THE
01:54 - 02.979 9 MONTHS OF THE CREATION OF THE
01:54 - 04.359 TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY AS WELL
01:54 - 05.469 AS A JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT
01:54 - 06.929 OF SURVIVORSHIP I CAN DO WITH
01:54 - 08.029 THE 9 MONTHS TO THE DATE OF THE
01:54 - 09.559 FIRST SPOUSES DEATHS THAT'S WHY
01:54 - 11.339 I DID THIS YEAR BUT TO ANSWER
01:54 - 12.959 YOUR QUESTION AS I WAS GOING
01:54 - 14.019 THROUGH IN PREPARING FOR THIS I
01:54 - 15.259 CAME ACROSS AN INTERESTING CASE
01:54 - 16.829 THAT IS NOT IN MY BRIEF THAT
01:54 - 18.229 IS THE CASE THE CASE AND THE
01:54 - 20.409 KUNA AND
01:54 - 21.689 EUNICE STATE IS
01:54 - 24.459 3.48 PA 23.
01:54 - 28.299 IT'S 33 A SECOND 14 THIS IS AN
01:54 - 29.369 INTERESTING CASE, THIS IS A
01:54 - 30.709 PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT
01:54 - 34.469 CASE. IN WHICH HAS BEEN A HAS
01:54 - 36.009 BEEN TO PUT THE MAJORITY THE
01:54 - 37.229 ASSETS INTEREST ALONG WITH
01:54 - 39.229 THE WIFE AND THEY DID SAY WHAT
01:54 - 41.949 WAS TO BE HELD THEY HAD BANK BE
01:54 - 43.479 THE TRUSTEE, NOT THEMSELVES.
01:54 - 45.099 IT WAS REVOKE ABUL DURING THEIR
01:54 - 46.579 LIFETIME IN THE COURT SAID
01:54 - 48.209 WHENEVER ASSETS OR PUT INTO A
01:54 - 49.449 JOINT TRUST BETWEEN HUSBAND AND
01:54 - 51.309 WIFE THEY ARE PRESUMED TO BE
01:54 - 52.829 TENDENCY BY THE ENTIRE
01:54 - 54.479 PROPERTY. THEY HAVE ALL THE
01:54 - 55.189 UNIT, HE'S A
01:54 - 56.759 BIG DEAL. AND WHAT THE COURT
01:54 - 57.899 GOES ON TO SAY THIS IS ACTUALLY
01:54 - 58.639 BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:54 - 00.129 REVENUE WAS ARGUING THAT THE
01:55 - 01.449 TRUST WAS TENDED TO BY THE
01:55 - 02.779 ENTIRE PROPERTY AND THEREFORE
01:55 - 03.759 SHOULD HAVE ALL BEEN SUBJECT TO
01:55 - 05.959 TAX WHEN THE SURVIVING SPOUSE
01:55 - 07.449 THAT THE SURVIVING SPOUSE, I'M
01:55 - 09.869 SAYING WHY ONLY CONTRIBUTED 10%
01:55 - 11.309 OF THAT SO THERE FOR ONLY 10%
01:55 - 12.779 OF THAT IN TAX WHEN I DIE EVEN
01:55 - 13.979 THOUGH IN MY HUSBAND, I'D NEVER
01:55 - 15.289 PAY TAX THAT WAS A MISTAKE.
01:55 - 16.479 SO IT'S INTERESTING THE
01:55 - 17.969 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WAS
01:55 - 19.189 ARGUMENTS THAT CAN SEE BY THE
01:55 - 20.929 TITANS WHAT THE COURT GOES ON
01:55 - 21.009 TO
01:55 - 22.739 SAY IS THAT TENNESSEE BY THE
01:55 - 24.559 TIME HE STILL HOLDS TRUE REVOKE
01:55 - 26.509 ULTRA SO WHEN THE HUSBAND DIED
01:55 - 28.179 WITHIN THE TRUST THE TENNESSEE
01:55 - 30.049 STILL HELD TRUE IN ALL THOSE
01:55 - 32.009 ASSETS PASSED INTO TRUST
01:55 - 33.489 FOR THE SURVIVING SPOUSE, SO
01:55 - 34.639 THAT WHEN THE SURVIVING SPOUSE
01:55 - 37.079 DIED. 100% WAS SUBJECT TO
01:55 - 37.669 PENNSYLVANIA
01:55 - 39.429 HARRIS TAX WHICH IS WHAT I'M
01:55 - 40.639 SAYING IN WHICH I'VE BEEN DOING
01:55 - 41.019 FOR THE LAST
01:55 - 41.829 34 YEARS.
01:55 - 45.629 SO THAT SO THE FOR OWNERSHIP
01:55 - 46.989 WASN'T SEVERED WHEN THEY PASSED
01:55 - 48.439 INTO THE TRUST KNOW WHAT WAS
01:55 - 49.489 INTERESTING IS THAT HAS BEEN
01:55 - 51.019 PUT IN 60 SOME 1000 AWAY
01:55 - 52.719 PUTTING 3 OR $4,000.
01:55 - 54.139 >>YET WHEN THOSE ASSETS WENT
01:55 - 54.849 INTO THE TRUST.
01:55 - 57.099 THE COURT SOON AND SAID THAT
01:55 - 58.509 THOSE ASSETS BECAUSE IT HAS
01:55 - 59.969 BEEN WHY THEY PUT HIM IN THEIR
01:55 - 01.529 TENANCY BY THE TIMES AND THE
01:56 - 02.549 CASE IS GOING TO BE COMING UP
01:56 - 03.679 NEXT IN FRONT OF YOU WHICH IS
01:56 - 05.989 THE CASE OF ALL THE ARMOR STATE
01:56 - 07.379 WHICH IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
01:56 - 08.449 WHERE THEY TRIED TO TAX THE
01:56 - 09.579 WHOLE THING AND THAT TRUST I
01:56 - 10.609 SAID WAS TENANTS BY THE
01:56 - 11.469 ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
01:56 - 12.709 HAVE THAT BIG OF A TAX ISSUE
01:56 - 14.219 WAS HERE I CHANGED, BUT
01:56 - 15.329 NONETHELESS SAME THING HOLDS
01:56 - 16.749 TRUE JOINT TENANTS RIGHTS
01:56 - 18.469 SURVIVORSHIP HAS BEEN DOT
01:56 - 19.659 SURVIVOR WAS WIFE
01:56 - 21.949 STATE INTEREST WI-FI KEEP AT
01:56 - 23.659 ALL 3 POSITIONS AND I JUDGE
01:56 - 24.419 O'TOOLE FOUND
01:56 - 26.829 THE ASSETS BELONGED TO THE WIFE
01:56 - 28.119 FOR PURPOSES OF PENNSYLVANIA
01:56 - 28.919 HAD STACKS.
01:56 - 32.759 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, THANK
01:56 - 33.299 YOU.
01:56 - 38.779 IF YOU WANT TO COPY
01:56 - 39.909 THE CASE CAN I LEAVE THAT YOUR
01:56 - 41.619 HONORS I DO HAVE THAT CASE JUST
01:56 - 42.699 IN CASE, SOMEBODY WANTS IT.
01:56 - 44.079 I THINK THE BOARD IF YOU'D LIKE
01:56 - 46.209 TO YOU PLEASE GIVE IT A CRIME.
01:56 - 49.939 CAN WE START OFF WITH WITH
01:56 - 53.259 YES TO WHY WOULD WHY WOULD THE
01:56 - 54.769 DEPARTMENT ONLY ASKED FOR.
01:56 - 58.259 >>WORDS POSE A 4.5% TAX THAT
01:56 - 00.119 THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD THE
01:57 - 00.829 AUTHORITY.
01:57 - 04.289 TO IMPOSE A 15% TAX AS MY FIRST
01:57 - 05.969 QUESTION MY SECOND QUESTION IS
01:57 - 07.999 IS THE DEPARTMENT REALLY
01:57 - 09.639 PRETTY TAXING BECAUSE THEY
01:57 - 10.819 DON'T THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT
01:57 - 11.459 THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE
01:57 - 13.629 MONEY'S GOING TO GO TO LATER
01:57 - 15.289 EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO
01:57 - 17.139 FOUNDATION THAT MAYBE SHE JUST
01:57 - 18.489 USES OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN
01:57 - 20.329 THE TRUST BEFORE SHE DIES, AND
01:57 - 22.619 THEREFORE THEY PRETAX WHEN
01:57 - 23.429 THEY'RE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN
01:57 - 23.959 ATTACKS.
01:57 - 26.639 >>SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST THE
01:57 - 28.979 DEPARTMENT TAX AT 4.5 BECAUSE
01:57 - 30.349 THEY FELT THAT IT WAS UNFAIR TO
01:57 - 32.219 TAX OF 15% BECAUSE THERE WOULD
01:57 - 33.819 BE A PORTION THAT SHE WOULD USE
01:57 - 34.759 SO THEY USED THE NUMBER OF
01:57 - 37.499 BETWEEN 0 15% AND THEN LANDED
01:57 - 39.499 AT 4.5 SO ISN'T THE GOVERNMENT
01:57 - 41.929 BEING SPECULATIVE. THE TRUST IS
01:57 - 42.859 BEING SPECULATIVE
01:57 - 44.759 BY ALLOWING HER TO RETAIN THE
01:57 - 46.779 POWER TO TO GIVE AWAY THE MONEY
01:57 - 48.459 AT ANY TIME THERE'S NO WAY FOR
01:57 - 50.519 THE DEPARTMENT TO KNOW WHAT
01:57 - 51.399 PERCENT TO
01:57 - 53.819 TAX THAT THE RESULTING ASSETS
01:57 - 54.959 IF SHE DOESN'T END UP GIVING
01:57 - 56.169 THEM ALL OUT, BUT BUT IF THERE
01:57 - 57.289 IS NO TRUST YOU COULD HAVE DONE
01:57 - 58.009 THE SAME THING
01:57 - 59.389 THEN SHE SHOULD HAVE WAITED
01:57 - 01.239 TRUST IT SO WHEN WITH WHAT
01:58 - 01.439 GIVES
01:58 - 02.129 THE GOVERNMENT.
01:58 - 04.249 >>THE AUTHORITY AND THEN CAN
01:58 - 04.369 YOU
01:58 - 07.459 ADDRESS SECTION, 9116 A ONE
01:58 - 10.089 0.1. THE CO-COUNSEL WE'VE
01:58 - 11.019 HEARD TOO.
01:58 - 13.409 >>9160 DAY ONE WHAT CAN YOU
01:58 - 15.229 THAT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT
01:58 - 16.749 SECTION WHAT HE SAID WAS
01:58 - 19.329 THAT SECTION. USING THAT THE
01:58 - 21.039 TRIAL RELIED UPON IT THAT YOU
01:58 - 22.979 DIDN'T NEED TO BE A SOYUZ TRUST
01:58 - 23.819 BECAUSE I READ THE TRIAL
01:58 - 25.069 COURT'S OPINION SAME WAY THAT
01:58 - 25.939 THE TRIAL COURT.
01:58 - 27.659 >>DIDN'T MAKE A DETERMINATION
01:58 - 28.829 THAT THIS WAS THE SOLE USE
01:58 - 29.399 TRUST.
01:58 - 32.899 >>AND THAT SAYS WOULD BE OWNED
01:58 - 35.649 BY THE SURVIVING SPOUSE, SO SO.
01:58 - 39.159 THE ONLY WAY TO DEFER THE TAX
01:58 - 40.959 IS THROUGH 9, 1, 1, 3, WHICH IS
01:58 - 42.499 FOR THE SOLE USE TRUST
01:58 - 44.119 WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS WHAT THE
01:58 - 45.209 INTENT WAS OF THIS
01:58 - 48.539 AT WAR. LORS THE INTENT IS ONLY
01:58 - 50.499 RELEVANT IF THE TRUST THE TRUST
01:58 - 51.939 IS DRAFTED FOR A LEGITIMATE
01:58 - 53.109 PURPOSE. YOU
01:58 - 55.159 CAN SEE. SO WE'RE SAYING THAT
01:58 - 57.069 THIS TRUST WAS NOT DRAFTED FOR
01:58 - 58.689 A LEGITIMATE PURPOSE THAT'S OUR
01:58 - 59.819 POSITION OUR POSITION IS THAT
01:58 - 00.839 IT WAS DRAFTING CORRECTLY
01:59 - 02.619 BECAUSE WHAT SHOULD HAVE
01:59 - 04.749 HAPPENED IS THE ONE THAT JOINT
01:59 - 06.179 ARE VOCAL TRUST TERMINATED AT
01:59 - 07.249 THE DEATH THE FIRST SPOUSE
01:59 - 09.059 THERE BE 2 SEPARATE SHARES
01:59 - 11.599 HERE THE WIFE WAS LOVED IT ALL
01:59 - 13.419 TOGETHER ONE HE WAS BUT THERE
01:59 - 14.869 NEED TO BE 2 SEPARATE CHAIRS
01:59 - 16.049 WIN THAT.
01:59 - 18.759 THEY BOTH HAD THEIR HUSBAND
01:59 - 20.349 AND WIFE SO THEY ESSENTIALLY
01:59 - 21.499 OWN DID BY TENANTS BY THE
01:59 - 22.959 ENTIRETY IS ANYWAY BECAUSE
01:59 - 24.529 TRUST THEORY MANDATES AND IT'S
01:59 - 25.689 SEEN AS THE HAS BEEN
01:59 - 26.779 CONTRIBUTING A HALF.
01:59 - 28.009 >>AND THE WAY OF CONTRIBUTING
01:59 - 28.599 ONE PASS.
01:59 - 30.019 >>THEY'RE EVEN WHERE WHERE
01:59 - 32.259 WHERE WHERE WHERE DO WE GET
01:59 - 32.919 THAT.
01:59 - 34.779 >>THAT'S HOW TRUST THEORY WORKS
01:59 - 36.029 THAT'S HOW IT WORKS FOR A JOINT
01:59 - 38.089 PUBLIC TRUST TO IN IN OUR
01:59 - 40.129 JURISPRUDENCE WHERE DOES IT SAY
01:59 - 41.719 THAT IF YOU PUT TAKE JOINT
01:59 - 43.489 PROPERTY AND PUT INTO A TRUST
01:59 - 45.009 THAT THE OWNERSHIP TO SEPARATE
01:59 - 45.759 INTO WHERE
01:59 - 48.359 IS IT THAT'S THAT'S UNDER TRUST
01:59 - 49.619 THEORY ITSELF I CAN GET YOUR
01:59 - 51.459 HONORS THE SPECIFIC PORTION OF
01:59 - 53.429 THE OF THE TRUST THEORY TRUST
01:59 - 54.559 THEORY I MEAN THAT'S
01:59 - 56.249 THAT WAS THE LAW AND HE'S
01:59 - 57.489 SPENDING A LOT OF WHAT'S THE
01:59 - 58.979 LAW I CAN PROVIDE YOUR HONORS
01:59 - 59.799 WITH THAT AFTER
02:00 - 03.119 BECAUSE THAT'S JUST HOW THEY'RE
02:00 - 04.339 SUPPOSED TO BE DRAFTED I
02:00 - 05.129 MEAN IT'S.
02:00 - 06.809 >>THE THEORY IS IT SEEMS THE
02:00 - 08.969 BLOW OF THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF
02:00 - 11.179 WHY HUSBAND AND WIFE FILED
02:00 - 13.849 YOU KNOW IT'S JUST IT'S
02:00 - 16.119 CONTRARY TO THE VERY ESSENCE OF
02:00 - 18.039 HAS BEEN OI IN OWNERSHIP.
02:00 - 20.849 YOU CAN HAVE SEPARATE 200 LOCAL
02:00 - 22.109 YOU CAN HAVE SEVERAL VOCAL
02:00 - 23.889 TRUST AS WELL OR YOU HAVE TO
02:00 - 24.879 THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING
02:00 - 25.509 OF HELP I
02:00 - 27.479 KNOW THEM BUT WHAT THIS BUT
02:00 - 28.799 WITH THE WIFE TO HEAR IS SHE
02:00 - 30.259 WANTS EVERYTHING TOGETHER WHEN
02:00 - 31.519 THAT'S NOT HOW THE ASSETS
02:00 - 34.239 ARE SEEN. THEY ARE EACH SEEN AS
02:00 - 35.509 CONTRIBUTING HALF. YOU CAN
02:00 - 36.689 WRITE TIMES BY THE ENTIRETY
02:00 - 38.359 INTO THE TRUST AGREEMENT BUT
02:00 - 39.609 APPLYING THE DEATH OF THE FIRST
02:00 - 41.029 SPOUSE, THE FIRST DRESS
02:00 - 42.289 TERMINATES AND BECOMES 2
02:00 - 42.659 SEPARATE
02:00 - 46.549 ACROSS BUT IF IT WERE NOT IN
02:00 - 48.269 INTEREST IT WOULD NOT BE THAT
02:00 - 49.209 WAY CORRECT.
02:00 - 50.559 >>CORRECT BUT THE GENERAL
02:00 - 51.979 ASSEMBLY IF THEY WOULD HAVE
02:00 - 52.349 THEY WOULD
02:00 - 54.879 HAVE WANTED A REAL VOCAL TRUST
02:00 - 56.359 TO BE ABLE TO BE EXEMPT AND
02:00 - 57.819 HAVE DEFERRED TAX CONSEQUENCES
02:00 - 57.959 THEY
02:00 - 00.289 WOULD HAVE REVISED STATUTE TO
02:01 - 01.749 INCLUDE REVOKE ABUL THEY'VE
02:01 - 03.209 REVISED IT 3 TIMES NOW AND THEY
02:01 - 06.059 DID NOT DO WHAT WE CAN'T WRAP
02:01 - 07.549 OUR HEADS AROUND IS THAT THIS
02:01 - 09.749 IS STILL PROPERTY BETWEEN
02:01 - 10.139 HUSBAND
02:01 - 10.599 AND WIFE.
02:01 - 12.799 >>THE THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE
02:01 - 13.909 SAYING THAT.
02:01 - 16.319 >>SOMEWHERE AND SOME THEORIES
02:01 - 18.609 SAYS THAT A TRUST IS DIFFERENT
02:01 - 21.649 ANY TYPE THE PROPERTY BETWEEN
02:01 - 22.419 HUSBAND AND WIFE
02:01 - 24.619 THAT PASSES TO EACH OTHER NOT
02:01 - 25.889 WAS IT TO THE OTHERS THE
02:01 - 28.139 SURVIVING SPOUSE, 72 P S AND I
02:01 - 29.989 WANTED TO SAYS THAT TRUSTS ARE
02:01 - 30.649 TAXABLE
02:01 - 33.519 AND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT BUT
02:01 - 35.689 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY
02:01 - 37.499 WITH INTEREST THAT
02:01 - 39.829 THE LONG SO A HUSBAND AND WIFE
02:01 - 42.189 JOINTLY THAT WOULD NOT
02:01 - 44.989 BE TAXED. BUT FOR IT BEING IN
02:01 - 47.179 A TRUST YOU'RE SAYING THAT BY
02:01 - 48.869 VIRTUE OF IT BEING A TRUST
02:01 - 53.159 SOMEHOW IT CHANGES FORM AFTER
02:01 - 54.649 SOMEBODY DIES, YES.
02:01 - 57.399 IS THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT
02:01 - 58.359 OWNED BY THE PERSON
02:01 - 00.159 INDIVIDUALLY. THE PROPERTY IS
02:02 - 01.569 FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE
02:02 - 03.409 BENEFICIARY IS OWNED BY THE
02:02 - 04.959 TRUST THE TRUST OWNS THE
02:02 - 07.159 PROPERTY NOT THE BENEFICIARY SO
02:02 - 08.509 IT'S THE TRUST OWNS THE
02:02 - 09.979 PROPERTY AND FOR INHERITANCE
02:02 - 12.319 TAX PERSON PURPOSES IT COULD BE
02:02 - 13.449 A FALL BACK TO.
02:02 - 15.889 >>THE ORIGINAL GRAND TOURS WHEN
02:02 - 17.239 YOU'RE DETERMINING WHAT'S THE
02:02 - 18.919 PANE CRACKED CORRECT AND I
02:02 - 20.259 WANTED TO INDICATE IS THAT WHAT
02:02 - 21.949 IN OUR STATE'S JURISPRUDENCE
02:02 - 23.509 SAYS THAT THAT WHEN WE'RE
02:02 - 24.849 ATTRIBUTING THAT BACK TO THEN
02:02 - 26.649 IT SHOULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED IN
02:02 - 29.219 A JOINT TENANCY. WHERE DOES IT
02:02 - 29.649 SAY THAT
02:02 - 31.209 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISLANDERS
02:02 - 32.649 IN THE QUESTIONS SO EVEN
02:02 - 33.659 ASSUMING FOR THE SAKE OF
02:02 - 35.639 ARGUMENT THAT TENANTS BY THE
02:02 - 37.219 ENTIRETY PROPERTY THEY PUT IT
02:02 - 39.599 INTO A TRUST EVEN ASSUMING THAT
02:02 - 40.779 THAT AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS
02:02 - 42.559 PLACED INTO THE TRUST THAT IT
02:02 - 44.389 SENT ITS OWNERSHIP WAS SEVERED
02:02 - 46.119 AND NOW IT'S BEEN OWNED BY THE
02:02 - 47.559 TRUST AND THEREFORE THERE'S NO
02:02 - 48.799 TENDENCY BY THE ENTIRETY
02:02 - 50.899 ANYMORE WHEN YOU ARE NOW
02:02 - 52.319 DETERMINING WHAT ACTUALLY BE
02:02 - 53.689 PAID. IT'S NOT THE TIME PARENTS
02:02 - 54.829 TAXES BEING PAID BY
02:02 - 56.779 THE TRUST. IT'S THE IN TRIBUTE
02:02 - 57.969 ID THE 2 INDIVIDUALS WHO
02:02 - 59.819 PREVIOUSLY HELD THE PROPERTY AS
02:02 - 01.019 TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY
02:03 - 02.929 WHAT AUTHORITY CAN YOU POINT US
02:03 - 05.089 TO THAT WOULD TELL US THAT THAT
02:03 - 07.399 THEY HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT AS TO
02:03 - 09.349 50% OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
02:03 - 10.519 THAT'S IT.
02:03 - 12.569 SO AND NOT TENANTS BY THE
02:03 - 13.759 ENTIRETY WHICH IS WHAT THEY
02:03 - 15.509 WERE WHEN THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL
02:03 - 16.359 FORM OF OWNERSHIP
02:03 - 18.749 BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU WHEN
02:03 - 18.959 WHEN
02:03 - 21.859 WHEN THE SPOUSES PUT THE MONEY
02:03 - 23.169 INTO THE TRUST THEY ARE
02:03 - 24.749 CONTRIBUTING ONE HALF EACH.
02:03 - 26.749 SO NOT THE DEATH OF THE FIRST
02:03 - 28.189 THEY EACH ONLY HAVE A HOWARD
02:03 - 29.479 YOU COME UP WITH THAT ONE
02:03 - 31.579 BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S HOW THE
02:03 - 33.659 TRUST THEORY WHERE I CAN I CAN
02:03 - 35.039 GET YOU THE TRUST TO READ THAT
02:03 - 37.529 SAYS BUT THAT'S HOW WHENEVER
02:03 - 38.819 THEY'RE DRAFTED CORRECTLY.
02:03 - 39.959 >>AND THIS IS OUR LIVES.
02:03 - 41.449 IT'S OUR POSITION THAT IT WAS
02:03 - 43.429 NOT DRAFTED CORRECTLY THAT'S
02:03 - 44.989 HOW THAT WORKS THE TRUST OWNS
02:03 - 47.459 THE ASSETS AND THE HUSBANDS
02:03 - 48.829 PORTION PASSES THROUGH HIS
02:03 - 50.649 ESTATE THE WIFE'S PORTION IS
02:03 - 51.609 SEEN AS COMING BACK
02:03 - 53.499 TO HER. WHEN YOU SAY TRUST
02:03 - 55.939 THEORY IS THAT STATE SPECIFIC
02:03 - 56.439 OR IS THAT
02:03 - 57.909 SOME GENERAL.
02:03 - 59.589 >>THEORY ABOUT THINGS
02:03 - 01.699 RESTATEMENTS TRUSS CASE FROM
02:04 - 03.619 THE STATEMENT OK OK WELL THANK
02:04 - 04.619 YOU VERY MUCH I
02:04 - 07.939 THINK YES IN FACT I GIVE A
02:04 - 09.089 CLOSING THE MORNING AND
02:04 - 11.929 EVENING. THANK YES, I WOULD
02:04 - 15.429 JUST LIKE TO SAY THE THE
02:04 - 16.969 THE LOT OPPOSING COUNSEL
02:04 - 18.069 INDICATED THAT THE LAW WOULD BE
02:04 - 19.639 CHANGED IF THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:04 - 20.619 REVENUE'S ABLE TO TAX
02:04 - 22.549 LIKE THIS REVENUES NOT TRY TO
02:04 - 23.949 TAX IT TWICE DEPARTMENT REVENUE
02:04 - 25.069 IS SIMPLY TRYING TO.
02:04 - 28.569 TAX THE ASSETS AT DATE
02:04 - 30.019 OF DEATH. IF THEY DO NOT
02:04 - 31.409 QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION WHICH
02:04 - 31.719 THEY DID
02:04 - 33.849 NOT HEAR IS THAT THE SURVIVING
02:04 - 34.319 SPOUSE WAS
02:04 - 36.749 ABLE TO LEAVE THEM IN A TRUST
02:04 - 38.689 GIVE THEM ALL TO THE JOURNEYS
02:04 - 40.039 THAT UGLY THEN THAT WOULD
02:04 - 41.409 ACTUALLY CREATE SEA CHANGE IN
02:04 - 42.619 THE LAW BECAUSE
02:04 - 44.159 EVERYBODY ALL THE ATTORNEYS IN
02:04 - 45.159 PENNSYLVANIA WOULD START
02:04 - 46.599 DRAFTING THEIR TRUST LIKE THIS
02:04 - 47.829 THEY HAD THE BENEFIT OF HAVING
02:04 - 49.509 THE ASSETS IN A TRUST INSTEAD
02:04 - 51.109 OF OFFERING FREE. I HATE TO
02:04 - 52.099 INTERRUPT AND.
02:04 - 53.429 >>DRAG THIS ALONG WITH IT
02:04 - 54.659 ALREADY HAS BUT THE.
02:04 - 56.819 SOMETHING'S BEEN BOTHERING ME.
02:04 - 00.109 WE HAVE THIS CASE TODAY WE HAD
02:05 - 01.899 A CASE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS
02:05 - 04.689 IN DECEMBER. MISTER FIELDS GIVE
02:05 - 06.239 US THE GREAT NEWS THAT SEVERAL
02:05 - 08.679 MORE CASES ARE COMING OUR WAY
02:05 - 12.439 VERY SOON AND THIS WHY HAS THE
02:05 - 14.549 STATUE HAS BEEN AN EFFECT FOR
02:05 - 16.049 IT THE WAY I SEE A COUPLE OF
02:05 - 18.279 DECADES. AND NOW WE'VE JUST
02:05 - 21.879 SEEN THESE AGGRESSIVE TACTICS
02:05 - 23.209 IF YOU WILL BY THE DEPARTMENT
02:05 - 25.069 POP UP IT CAN'T BE THAT ALL THE
02:05 - 25.609 SUDDEN.
02:05 - 27.789 PRACTITIONERS SAID HEY LET'S
02:05 - 30.029 CREATE DISTRUST I I CAN ONLY
02:05 - 32.139 ASSUME THAT THIS PRACTICE HAS
02:05 - 33.349 BEEN IN PLACE FROM THE STATE
02:05 - 35.119 PLANNING SIDE. EQUALLY
02:05 - 37.629 FOR DECADES. WHY THE DEPARTMENT
02:05 - 38.849 SEA CHANGE WHAT'S
02:05 - 39.509 GOING ON.
02:05 - 41.249 >>I'VE NEVER SEEN A TRUST
02:05 - 42.459 DRAFTED LIKE THIS I'VE NEVER
02:05 - 43.729 DRAFTED A TRUST LIKE THIS
02:05 - 45.859 I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF WHAT
02:05 - 47.019 THE ACTUAL DEPART WITH THE
02:05 - 48.079 PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:05 - 50.039 SEEN COME ACROSS THEIR DESK.
02:05 - 51.669 BUT THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES
02:05 - 52.489 THAT ARE GETTING
02:05 - 54.849 FLAGGED FOR YOUR HONOR'S REVIEW
02:05 - 55.629 AND APPEAL NOT
02:05 - 56.489 HAD BEFORE.
02:05 - 57.589 >>AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE
02:05 - 58.399 AND I'VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE
02:05 - 00.429 YEARS AND THE DEPARTMENT THEN I
02:06 - 01.039 WOULD ASSUME THAT THE
02:06 - 02.359 DEPARTMENT'S NEVER SEEN A TRUST
02:06 - 03.439 DRAFTED LIKE THIS BEFORE
02:06 - 04.019 BECAUSE.
02:06 - 06.159 >>THIS ISN'T HOW YOU DEFER TAX
02:06 - 07.189 THE ONLY WAY DIFFERENT ACCESS
02:06 - 09.349 TO SOYUZ OR TO PASS IT OUT
02:06 - 11.229 RAIN-FREE ADDRESSED JUST GIVING
02:06 - 11.719 IT AWAY.
02:06 - 12.789 I THINK I'M MAKING THE
02:06 - 14.189 ASSUMPTION THAT THE PURPOSE OF
02:06 - 15.819 THE TRUST IS TO DEFER TAX.
02:06 - 18.279 I'M NOT MAKING AN ASSUMPTION
02:06 - 19.619 ABOUT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE
02:06 - 21.749 TRUST WAS AT ALL THE PURPOSE OF
02:06 - 24.129 THE TRUST IS NO DEFINED THIS IS
02:06 - 26.459 SCOTT. WE KEPT THE 4 PLAYERS OF
02:06 - 27.319 THE TRUST ITSELF.
02:06 - 28.559 BUT IT'S FOR A LEGITIMATE
02:06 - 30.049 PURPOSE WHICH IS TO AVOID
02:06 - 31.969 INHERITANCE TAX AND THE ONLY
02:06 - 33.809 WAY TO AVOID OR HAVE A DEFERRAL
02:06 - 35.119 OF INHERITANCE TAXES THROUGH SO
02:06 - 36.739 USE THAT ISN'T YOUR
02:06 - 39.419 DILIGENT PURPOSE. BUT THEY
02:06 - 41.479 DIDN'T ASK FOR AN EXEMPTION
02:06 - 42.989 FROM INHERITANCE TAX THEY
02:06 - 44.839 DIDN'T ASK FOR A DEFERRAL OF
02:06 - 46.539 INHERITANCE TAX THEY ASK FOR
02:06 - 47.619 THE SPOUSAL RATE.
02:06 - 49.109 >>HAVEN'T HEARD IT'S TAX AND
02:06 - 49.709 NOT RIGHT.
02:06 - 51.769 >>BUT UNDER 9 ONE OF 2 IF IT'S
02:06 - 53.379 IN A TRUST THERE IS NO SPOUSAL
02:06 - 55.109 RATES TAX TO THEN A DEPARTMENT
02:06 - 56.899 GUEST HOW MUCH YOU WOULD USE ON
02:06 - 58.359 YOUR OWN AND HOW MUCH YOU WOULD
02:06 - 00.029 GIVE AWAY AND ALL OF THAT WAS
02:07 - 01.379 SPECULATIVE AND THAT'S
02:07 - 03.849 ON SETTLING. BECAUSE THERE WAS
02:07 - 04.789 NO SCHEDULE AND AND
02:07 - 06.689 IT'S SUBJECTIVE. THAT SHE
02:07 - 07.699 COULDN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE
02:07 - 11.269 EITHER MEAN WELL I I YOUR
02:07 - 13.789 CONCLUSION HAS BEEN MADE AND
02:07 - 15.409 THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH FOR
02:07 - 17.319 THE ARGUMENTS YOUR HONOR THANK
02:07 - 17.889 YOU THANK
02:07 - 26.289 >>THANK YOU. AND THEN.
02:07 - 28.899 THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH.
02:07 - 30.889 I LAST CASE ON THIS LIST IS
02:07 - 33.539 NUMBER 27. ACCURATE ENGINEERING
02:07 - 37.139 SOLUTIONS. PETITIONER JOHN
02:07 - 38.519 ANDERSON AND WILLIAMS
02:07 - 40.699 FORM ENGINEERING ENGINEERING
02:07 - 42.509 WORKERS COME APPEAL BOARD
02:07 - 46.269 RESPONDENTS FAVOR IS THAT SO
02:07 - 48.909 THANK WE WILL.
02:07 - 52.709 WE BEGIN OUR FINAL ARGUMENT.
02:07 - 55.789 THE CLAIMANT MISTER ANDERSON
02:07 - 57.569 SUSTAINED A WORK-RELATED INJURY
02:07 - 59.479 WHEN HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 20
02:07 - 02.769 FEET IN JANUARY 2019
02:08 - 04.579 MISTER ANDERSON FILED A CLAIM
02:08 - 06.009 PETITION FOR WORKERS COMP
02:08 - 08.119 BENEFITS AGAINST ACCURATE
02:08 - 10.899 ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS. ACCURATE
02:08 - 12.959 ENGINEERING FILED A PETITION TO
02:08 - 15.069 JOIN WILLIAMS FORM ENGINEERING
02:08 - 16.969 AS AN ADDITIONAL DEFENDANT
02:08 - 19.019 ALLEGING THAT WILLIAMS
02:08 - 22.149 WAS MISTER ANDERSON'S EMPLOYER.
02:08 - 24.309 EVEN THOUGH IT HAD DENIED
02:08 - 25.919 MISTER ANDERSON'S CLAIM
02:08 - 27.719 ACCURATE ENGINEERING'S WORKERS
02:08 - 30.159 COMPENSATION INSURER, PAID
02:08 - 31.679 MISTER ANDERSON'S MEDICAL
02:08 - 33.719 EXPENSES RELATED TO THE WORK
02:08 - 34.189 INJURY.
02:08 - 36.619 MISTER ANDERSON REACHED AN
02:08 - 38.339 AGREEMENT WITH WILLIAMS FORM
02:08 - 41.459 ENGINEERING BEFORE ALL OF THE
02:08 - 43.279 WORKERS COMPENSATION JUDGES
02:08 - 45.469 HEARINGS WERE FINAL AS PART OF
02:08 - 47.669 THE AGREEMENT. MISTER ANDERSON
02:08 - 49.639 AGREED TO WITHDRAW HIS CLAIM
02:08 - 51.159 PETITION AGAINST ACCURATE
02:08 - 53.539 ENGINEERING TO WHICH ACCURATE
02:08 - 55.869 OBJECTED. IN THE AGREEMENT.
02:08 - 57.819 WILLIAMS FORM ENGINEERING DID
02:08 - 00.509 NOT ADMIT LIABILITY OR PAY ANY
02:09 - 01.449 MEDICAL BILLS.
02:09 - 03.959 ACCURATE CLAIM THAT WITHDRAWAL
02:09 - 05.039 OF MISTER ANDERSON'S
02:09 - 07.359 CLAIM PETITION WITH PREJUDICE
02:09 - 09.479 ACCURATE ABILITY TO SEEK
02:09 - 11.639 REIMBURSEMENT FROM WILLIAMS FOR
02:09 - 13.589 THE MEDICAL BILLS ACCURATE
02:09 - 15.639 ENSURE PAID AND MISTER
02:09 - 17.019 ANDERSON'S BEHALF.
02:09 - 19.939 THE WORKERS COMPENSATION JUDGE
02:09 - 21.379 ALLOWED MISTER ANDERSON TO
02:09 - 22.829 WITHDRAW HIS CLAIM PETITION
02:09 - 25.159 AGAINST ACCURATE. AND DISMISSED
02:09 - 27.309 AS MOOT ACCURATE PETITION TO
02:09 - 29.779 JOIN WILLIAMS ACCURATE APPEALED
02:09 - 31.449 TO THE WORKERS COMPENSATION
02:09 - 33.119 APPEAL BOARD WHICH IN FRONT.
02:09 - 35.869 AN APPEAL ACCURATE ENGINEERING
02:09 - 37.299 CLAIMS THAT THE COURTS HAVE
02:09 - 37.969 FAILED
02:09 - 41.559 TO ADDRESS UNDER WHAT WORKERS
02:09 - 43.969 COMPENSATES ATION JUDGE IN MAY
02:09 - 47.019 WARMEST DENY THE PARTIES MOTION
02:09 - 49.259 TO WITHDRAW AND WHETHER SUCH A
02:09 - 50.909 DECISION IS IN THE WORKERS
02:09 - 52.239 COMPENSATION JUDGE'S
02:09 - 54.799 DISCRETION. IT CLAIMS THAT IF
02:09 - 56.619 THERE IS AN IMPLIED AUTHORITY
02:09 - 58.409 TO GRANT A MOTION TO WITHDRAW
02:09 - 59.069 HIS CASE LAW
02:09 - 01.499 ON HOLD. THERE MUST ALSO BE AN
02:10 - 03.329 IMPLIED AUTHORITY TO DENY A
02:10 - 03.779 MOTION
02:10 - 05.519 TO WITHDRAW. IF THE FACTS
02:10 - 07.149 SUPPORT DENYING THE MOTION.
02:10 - 09.229 ACCURATE MAINTAINS THAT THE
02:10 - 11.179 WORKERS COMPENSATION JUDGE MUST
02:10 - 12.639 HAVE DISCRETION TO DENY A
02:10 - 13.909 MOTION TO WITHDRAW
02:10 - 15.539 WHERE THE WITHDRAWAL WOULD
02:10 - 17.059 PREJUDICE IN OTHER PARTY.
02:10 - 18.899 IN THIS CASE,
02:10 - 20.759 ALLOWING MISTER ANDERSON TO
02:10 - 22.369 WITHDRAW HIS CLAIM PETITION AND
02:10 - 24.099 THE SUBSEQUENT DISMISSAL OF
02:10 - 25.079 ACCURATE IS JOINED
02:10 - 27.719 YOUR PETITION. ACCURATE ARGUES
02:10 - 29.669 DEPRIVES IT OF THE ONLY REMEDY
02:10 - 30.849 TO RECOVER THE MEDICAL
02:10 - 33.169 EXPENSES. IT PAID AND MISTER
02:10 - 34.539 ANDERSON'S BEHALF.
02:10 - 36.959 ACCURATE FURTHER ARGUES THAT
02:10 - 38.169 UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
02:10 - 39.719 AND INDUSTRIES REGULATIONS.
02:10 - 41.509 MISTER ANDERSON'S WITHDRAWAL OF
02:10 - 42.579 THE CLEAN PETITION
02:10 - 44.539 DID NOT REQUIRE DISMISSAL OF
02:10 - 46.349 ACCURATE. IT'S JOIN TO PETITION
02:10 - 48.199 BECAUSE THE REGULATIONS PERMIT
02:10 - 49.409 THE SEVERING OF A JOINT A
02:10 - 50.779 PETITION FROM THE CLAIM
02:10 - 53.069 PETITION PROCEEDINGS. MISTER
02:10 - 54.859 ANDERSON HAS NO INTEREST IN THE
02:10 - 56.779 PETITION BETWEEN ACCURATE
02:10 - 58.669 AND WILLIAMS AND THEREFORE
02:10 - 00.189 WOULD NOT BE PREJUDICED BY A
02:11 - 02.199 DECISION ON THE PETITION
02:11 - 05.389 ACCURATE ARGUES. THE PETITION
02:11 - 06.729 SHOULD PROCEED BECAUSE TO
02:11 - 08.449 DISMISS ACCURATE PETITION
02:11 - 10.619 VIOLATES ITS DUE PROCESS RIGHTS
02:11 - 12.639 WHERE IT HAS NO OTHER ADEQUATE
02:11 - 15.359 MEMBER REMEDY. MOREOVER THE
02:11 - 16.699 WORKERS COMPENSATION LAW
02:11 - 18.689 PERMITS A TRANSFER AND
02:11 - 20.799 IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY WHERE
02:11 - 22.669 THE WRONG CARRIER HAS INITIALLY
02:11 - 24.869 PAID. WE FINALLY ACCURATE
02:11 - 26.209 MAINTAINS THAT NOTHING IN
02:11 - 27.649 THE RECORD SUPPORTS THE
02:11 - 29.449 DETERMINATION THAT ACCURATE WAS
02:11 - 31.519 MISTER ANDERSON'S EMPLOYER AT
02:11 - 33.369 THE TIME OF HIS INJURY AND
02:11 - 34.779 THEREFORE ACCURATE WOULD HAVE
02:11 - 36.579 NO LIABILITY FOR MISTER
02:11 - 37.879 ANDERSON'S INJURY.
02:11 - 42.569 SO THAT ARE ON YOU MAY
02:11 - 45.439 JUMP RIGHT IN WITH YOU LIKE TO
02:11 - 46.889 RESERVE ANY WITH THAT RESERVE
02:11 - 48.679 TO MOMENT 2 MINUTES IF I MAY
02:11 - 50.599 YOU CERTAINLY MAY AND IT'S
02:11 - 51.679 BEEN RESERVE TEAM YOU MAY
02:11 - 53.389 PROCEED IN MY NAME IS JAMES
02:11 - 54.809 POOL AREA. IT'S A PLEASURE TO
02:11 - 54.929 BE
02:11 - 55.449 HERE TODAY.
02:11 - 57.219 >>I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WHAT
02:11 - 58.479 YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR IS NEARLY
02:11 - 00.029 AS ENGAGING ARE GETTING IS WHAT
02:12 - 02.219 CAN WE ALL JUST SENT TO WHAT
02:12 - 03.389 WE'LL TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE
02:12 - 04.009 AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT
02:12 - 04.699 INTERESTING.
02:12 - 11.079 VERY CLEAR THAT THE WORKERS
02:12 - 12.539 COMPENSATION JUDGE HAS THE
02:12 - 14.679 DISCRETION BOTH TO GRANT OR
02:12 - 16.449 DENY THE REQUEST FOR A MOTION
02:12 - 17.449 TO WITHDRAW PETITION.
02:12 - 18.989 AS THE SUPREME COURT SAID IN
02:12 - 20.179 THE BIG LEAK CASE WHICH IS THE
02:12 - 21.499 ONLY CASE THE COURT HAS EVER
02:12 - 22.949 USED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE
02:12 - 24.459 THERE IS AN IMPLIED AUTHORITY
02:12 - 26.139 TO GRANT SUCH A MOTION
02:12 - 28.279 BECAUSE THE ACT IS NOT CLEAR
02:12 - 30.449 AND SILENT ON ON WHAT HAPPENS
02:12 - 31.919 WHEN A PETITION IS WITHDRAWN.
02:12 - 33.779 CLEARLY IF THERE IS AN IMPLIED
02:12 - 35.599 AUTHORITY TO GRANT SUCH EMOTION
02:12 - 37.549 THERE MUST BE IMPLIED AUTHORITY
02:12 - 37.679 TO
02:12 - 39.969 DENY MOTION. MOREOVER THIS
02:12 - 41.259 COURT HAS AFFIRMED WORKERS
02:12 - 42.609 COMPENSATION JUDGES WHO HAVE
02:12 - 45.659 CONDITIONS. WITHDRAWLS OF CLAIM
02:12 - 47.699 PETITIONS BY MARK AND THEN WITH
02:12 - 49.449 PREJUDICE OVER THE WITHDRAWING
02:12 - 51.579 CLAIMANTS OBJECTION WHERE THE
02:12 - 52.989 EMPLOYER HAS OBJECTED
02:12 - 54.649 SAYING THAT THE CASE HAS
02:12 - 55.939 DRAGGED ON FOR TOO LONG.
02:12 - 57.429 THE CLAIM IS VIOLATED PROCEDURE
02:12 - 59.089 ORDERS. THE CLAIM IS FORCE THE
02:12 - 00.189 PARTIES TO GO TO MULTIPLE
02:13 - 01.639 HEARINGS HAS NEVER SCHEDULED
02:13 - 04.059 DEPOSITIONS AND SO ON US.
02:13 - 06.749 IF PREJUDICE IS A REASON.
02:13 - 07.999 2 CONDITION,
02:13 - 11.349 A WITHDRAWL AND MARKET FINAL,
02:13 - 12.009 SO THEY CANNOT BE
02:13 - 14.669 REFILED CLEARLY PREJUDICE OR AT
02:13 - 15.949 LEAST POTENTIAL PREJUDICE IS A
02:13 - 16.799 REASON FOR WORKERS
02:13 - 18.769 COMPENSATION JUDGE TO DENY
02:13 - 20.189 WITHDRAW THE CLAIM PETITION OUT
02:13 - 21.789 RIGHT WHEN THAT WHEN THE CLAIM
02:13 - 23.739 COMES BEFORE THE W C J AND THE
02:13 - 25.379 WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTE IS
02:13 - 25.849 THAT.
02:13 - 28.969 >>EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS ARE
02:13 - 30.589 TO BE HEARD BECAUSE EMPLOYERS
02:13 - 32.239 GIVE UP RIGHTS IN ORDER FOR
02:13 - 35.019 EMPLOYEES TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE
02:13 - 37.169 CARE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
02:13 - 37.259 AND
02:13 - 39.539 MEDICAL NEEDS. SO WHEN THE CASE
02:13 - 41.419 COMES BEFORE THE WC JAYSON'S W
02:13 - 41.849 CJ
02:13 - 44.119 SUPPOSED TO HERE THE WHOLE BILL
02:13 - 45.309 LEE WITT AND EVEN THOUGH THERE
02:13 - 46.879 WAS A COMPROMISE. AN
02:13 - 48.709 AGREEMENT HERE. THERE IS STILL
02:13 - 50.189 AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE SO
02:13 - 51.659 CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG I DON'T
02:13 - 52.639 TYPICALLY THAT WOULD HAVE
02:13 - 55.229 BEEN HARMED. IF THE AGREEMENT
02:13 - 57.729 WENT FORWARD AS FAR AS
02:13 - 59.769 THE CLAIM OF BEING TAKEN CARE
02:13 - 00.579 OF BUT THE W
02:14 - 02.809 C J STILL STILL HAD AN
02:14 - 04.719 OBLIGATION TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE
02:14 - 06.839 RAISED BY AN EMPLOYER,
02:14 - 08.759 YES, AND THE OUTSTANDING
02:14 - 10.339 HOSPITAL BILL WE BELIEVE THAT'S
02:14 - 11.469 EXACTLY CORRECT. OR ORDERING
02:14 - 12.449 WITHIN THE FACT THAT THE CLAIM
02:14 - 13.749 IT HAS NO STAKE OR INTEREST IS
02:14 - 14.689 THAT A GEISHA AS EVIDENCED BY
02:14 - 15.439 THE FACT THAT THE CLAIM IS
02:14 - 15.929 NOT HERE.
02:14 - 17.509 >>THE CLINIC DIDN'T PARTICIPATE
02:14 - 18.759 IN THE APPEAL BOARD PROCEEDINGS
02:14 - 20.179 BY FILING A BRIEF THE CLIMATE
02:14 - 21.389 NOTIFIED THIS COURT THAT HE
02:14 - 23.299 SEES THIS AS A DISPUTE BETWEEN
02:14 - 24.369 2 INSURANCE COMPANIES IN WHICH
02:14 - 25.979 HE HAS NO INTEREST TO THE CLAIM
02:14 - 26.279 IT HAS
02:14 - 28.079 NO PREJUDICE. THERE'S NO
02:14 - 29.259 PURCHASE OF THE CLAIMANT THAT
02:14 - 30.929 THE JUDGE HAD DENIED HIS MOTION
02:14 - 31.559 TO WITHDRAW HIS
02:14 - 33.419 CLAIM PETITION. THE CASE WAS
02:14 - 35.409 ACTUALLY FULLY LITIGATED WE DID
02:14 - 36.899 POST THE CLAIMANT ON THE ISSUE
02:14 - 37.449 OF IS
02:14 - 39.519 INJURIES AND THE ISSUE OF WHO
02:14 - 40.559 WHICH DEFENDANT WAS HIS
02:14 - 42.739 EMPLOYER. WE ACTUALLY DEPOSED
02:14 - 44.769 WILLIAMS FOR ENGINEERING VICE
02:14 - 45.869 PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
02:14 - 47.959 ON THE SAME ISSUE WE WEREN'T
02:14 - 49.109 GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADMIT
02:14 - 50.869 THAT. DEPOSITION DEVON'S
02:14 - 52.009 BECAUSE A JUDGE DECLINED TO
02:14 - 52.619 ACCEPT IT. THE
02:14 - 53.299 FINAL HEARING.
02:14 - 58.039 >>WELL IF IF IT DOESN'T PROCEED
02:14 - 59.549 IN THE WORKERS COMPENSATION
02:14 - 02.639 FOR HIM. I BELIEVE I READ YOUR
02:15 - 05.549 ARGUMENT IS CLAIM IT WAS A BAR
02:15 - 07.899 EMPLOYEE FROM WILLIAMS IS
02:15 - 10.719 THAT CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT SO
02:15 - 12.749 THAT SOME SORT OF CONTRACTUAL
02:15 - 14.249 ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN ACCURATE
02:15 - 16.219 WILLIAMS WE DO DO YOU HAVE
02:15 - 19.449 KIND OF CONTRACT CLAIM
02:15 - 22.269 AGAINST FOR
02:15 - 25.879 BASED ON THE AGREEMENT THAT
02:15 - 27.059 YOU HAD THAT ENABLED YOU TO
02:15 - 28.609 BORROW THIS EMPLOYEE OR AT
02:15 - 31.249 LEAST FOR UNJUST ENRICHMENT TO
02:15 - 33.429 HIM. YOU KNOW WITH THAT BE OF A
02:15 - 35.139 MORE APPROPRIATE FOR HIM NO
02:15 - 36.749 THERE IS NO OTHER REMEDY YOU
02:15 - 37.939 ARE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
02:15 - 37.999 A
02:15 - 38.949 HOSPITAL BILL.
02:15 - 40.369 >>THAT MY CLIENT GREAT AMERICAN
02:15 - 41.539 INSURANCE COMPANY, THE CARRIER
02:15 - 42.079 FOR AT
02:15 - 44.699 AND YES PAINTED TO THE HOSPITAL
02:15 - 45.689 WHERE THE CLAIMANT WAS ADMITTED
02:15 - 47.589 AFTER HE FELL, BUT IF IT WASN'T
02:15 - 49.259 YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY IT
02:15 - 49.549 AND THERE
02:15 - 52.319 WAS ANOTHER ENTITY THAT WAS
02:15 - 53.989 RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PAYMENT.
02:15 - 54.879 WHY.
02:15 - 57.459 WELL NEITHER THE CLAIMANT WITH
02:15 - 59.039 THAT ENTITY RECEIVED THE
02:15 - 01.809 MONEY THE THE WHAT WE HAVE
02:16 - 03.009 ATTEMPTED TO DO IN THE WORKERS
02:16 - 04.769 COMPENSATION CASE IS TO GET
02:16 - 06.039 THAT MONEY BACK FROM THE ACTUAL
02:16 - 07.589 EMPLOYER IN THE ACTUAL CARRIER
02:16 - 08.679 THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
02:16 - 09.869 ACTUAL INJURY THAT THIS PLANE
02:16 - 11.389 THAT SUFFERED CORRECT SO.
02:16 - 13.069 >>WHY CAN'T WHY CAN'T YOU DO
02:16 - 13.969 THAT OUTSIDE
02:16 - 15.739 THE CALM THE PROCESS WE WOULD
02:16 - 17.379 BE REQUIRED TO FILE A COMPLAINT
02:16 - 18.769 AND CIVIL ACTION IN THE FIRST
02:16 - 19.609 THING THAT WE WOULD SEE IN
02:16 - 20.689 RESPONSE TO HIS PRELIMINARY
02:16 - 22.029 OBJECTIONS ASSERTING THAT THIS
02:16 - 23.279 IS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION
02:16 - 23.709 OF THE WORKERS
02:16 - 24.809 COMPENSATION AUTHORITIES.
02:16 - 26.219 >>AND CANNOT BE RESOLVED BY THE
02:16 - 27.719 CIVIL COURTS. SO WHAT WAS THE
02:16 - 29.819 PETITION THAT YOU THINK IT YOU
02:16 - 31.489 AND YOUR MIND THERE'S NO OTHER
02:16 - 32.259 METHOD.
02:16 - 33.279 >>4.
02:16 - 36.849 YOUR CLIENT TO RECOVER MONEY OF
02:16 - 38.189 COURSE THAT THEY IN
02:16 - 41.169 INADVERTENTLY PAID BY MISTAKE.
02:16 - 42.499 >>I SEE NO OTHER
02:16 - 45.129 BASIS TO PROCEED, WE CAN'T GET
02:16 - 46.539 THE MONEY FROM THE CLAIMANTS HE
02:16 - 47.959 DIDN'T GET THE MONEY AND HE'S
02:16 - 48.749 IMMUNE FROM SUIT IN
02:16 - 50.469 AN EVENT CLEARLY AS I JUST
02:16 - 51.519 EXPLAINED TO ME FROM THE
02:16 - 52.989 HOSPITAL THE ONLY PLACE TO GET
02:16 - 54.139 THE MONEY IS FROM THE EMPLOYER
02:16 - 55.479 CARRIER THAT IT
02:16 - 57.359 BECAUSE THE FACTS DICTATE THAT
02:16 - 58.749 THAT THAT THAT WE USE
02:16 - 00.329 ENGINEERING IS CLEARLY HIS
02:17 - 01.879 EMPLOYER AS A MATTER OF LAW
02:17 - 03.139 BASED UPON THE CONTROL OF THE
02:17 - 04.789 EXERCISED OVER THE WORK THAT
02:17 - 06.099 THAT THERE IS A FINDING OF FACT
02:17 - 07.149 TO THAT EFFECT, HERE'S THE
02:17 - 07.769 FUNNY IT BACK
02:17 - 09.789 BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY
02:17 - 10.899 WHAT WILLIAMS ATTEMPTED TO
02:17 - 12.819 AVOID BY SETTLING SEPARATELY
02:17 - 13.919 WITH THE CLAIMANT AND
02:17 - 14.989 CONDITIONING THAT SETTLEMENT
02:17 - 16.099 WHICH WERE ALL THE CLINTON TO
02:17 - 18.249 SHUN FIGHT SO WHAT WE NEED TO
02:17 - 19.699 DO HERE WITH YOU WANT US TO DO
02:17 - 21.329 WOULD WE HAVE TO REMAIN AND FOR
02:17 - 23.189 DETERMINATION ON OTHERS ISSUES
02:17 - 24.909 YES WITH THIS THIS CASE THE
02:17 - 25.969 SCREAM AND OF THE WORKERS
02:17 - 27.109 COMPENSATION JUDGE WITH
02:17 - 28.539 DIRECTIONS TO ACCEPT INTO
02:17 - 30.299 EVIDENCE THE AFTER THAT THE
02:17 - 32.709 DEPOSITION OF WINS FOR
02:17 - 34.699 MENTIONED AREAS. VICE PRESIDENT
02:17 - 35.789 OF OPERATIONS WHICH WE HAVE
02:17 - 37.509 TENDED TO OFFER A FINAL HEARING
02:17 - 39.519 AND TO MAKE FINDINGS OF FACT ON
02:17 - 40.729 FIRST WHICH OF THESE 2
02:17 - 41.809 DEFENDANTS IS HIS ACTUAL
02:17 - 44.529 EMPLOYER. WE HAVE NO QUALMS
02:17 - 45.779 ABOUT LEAVING THAT ISSUE TO BE
02:17 - 46.349 DECIDED.
02:17 - 49.179 AS LAWYERS WE CAN ALWAYS COME
02:17 - 51.049 UP WITH ARGUMENTS TO SUPPORT
02:17 - 51.169 OUR
02:17 - 53.269 CASE BUT THE FACTS OF THIS CASE
02:17 - 54.969 OF SUPER BOWL. LII CLEAR THE
02:17 - 56.789 ONLY INVOLVEMENT MY CLIENT HAD
02:17 - 58.139 WITH THIS MAN THE INJURED
02:17 - 58.619 WORKER
02:17 - 01.169 WAS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST
02:18 - 02.639 WAS FOR MISSIONARY TO HELP FILL
02:18 - 04.399 SWATCH THAT WERE OPEN IN THE
02:18 - 05.359 VARIOUS PLACES, INCLUDING
02:18 - 07.069 PENNSYLVANIA, MIKE LIES AHEAD
02:18 - 08.989 HONOR HE WAS DESCRIBED AS A 100
02:18 - 10.219 WILLIAMS FORMS OWN GRIEF.
02:18 - 11.909 HE SENT AN UNSOLICITED E-MAIL
02:18 - 13.229 THE CLAIMANT ASKING THE
02:18 - 14.769 CLAIMANT TO GO TO THEIR PLAN TO
02:18 - 15.929 WILLIAMS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY
02:18 - 16.859 THEIR VICE PRESIDENT OF
02:18 - 18.259 OPERATIONS WHO MADE THE
02:18 - 20.059 DECISION TO HIRE HIM NOT THE
02:18 - 21.349 RIGHT TO FIRE HIM THE
02:18 - 23.539 NEGOTIATED SALARY WHO SAID HIS
02:18 - 25.209 SCHEDULE THIS GAVE HIM
02:18 - 26.339 ASSIGNMENTS EVERY DAY WHO
02:18 - 27.539 MANAGED TO WORK IN THE WAY HE
02:18 - 27.729 DID
02:18 - 29.649 HIS WORK. NO OTHER FACTORS
02:18 - 31.159 RELEVANT. THE FACT THAT HE WAS
02:18 - 33.019 PAID BY WILL INFORM ENGINEERING
02:18 - 34.359 IS JUST A DEVICE FOR WILLIAMS
02:18 - 35.979 GOING TO GET PAID FOR BY A YES
02:18 - 37.719 TO ME JUST DEVICE FREE FROM
02:18 - 38.169 MIKE LINE
02:18 - 41.029 TO GET A FEE BECAUSE MY CLIENT
02:18 - 41.979 BUILD WAS MORE THAN WHAT THE
02:18 - 43.239 CLAIM IS BEING PAID
02:18 - 45.469 AND ALSO TO HELP CLAIMS OF
02:18 - 47.589 EARTH EXACTLY THE SITUATION BY
02:18 - 48.599 CALLING HIM
02:18 - 51.819 ON PAPER. AN EMPLOYEE OF A S
02:18 - 53.289 DURING A PROBATIONARY PERIOD
02:18 - 55.559 WHERE HE WAS WORKING AT UNDER
02:18 - 55.719 AND
02:18 - 58.799 DIRECTED BY. WILLIAMS IS SIMPLY
02:18 - 00.309 AN ARTIFICE TO AVOID POTENTIAL
02:19 - 01.869 WORKERS COMPENSATION LIABILITY.
02:19 - 04.179 THAT'S NOT WHAT THE LAW IS IN
02:19 - 05.789 PENNSYLVANIA. THERE ARE A
02:19 - 06.979 NUMBER OF CASES, SOME POINT
02:19 - 08.839 OVER HALF QUITE A FEW GOING
02:19 - 10.619 BACK TO 1939 OVER THE FACTORS
02:19 - 11.969 THAT ARE RELEVANT TO DETERMINE
02:19 - 12.789 WHICH HAVE MORE THAN
02:19 - 14.709 ONE EMPLOYER. THE DEFENDANT IS
02:19 - 16.969 THE EMPLOYER THAT ALL DICTATED
02:19 - 18.359 A FINDING THAT LEAVES FROM
02:19 - 20.119 ENGINEERING IS THE EMPLOYER IS
02:19 - 21.309 A WRITTEN CONTRACT BETWEEN
02:19 - 23.109 ACCURATE WILLIAMS THERE IS AND
02:19 - 24.769 IT'S IN EVIDENCE AND IT STATES
02:19 - 25.879 THAT DURING THE PROBATIONARY
02:19 - 28.259 THE CLAIM WILL BE DEEMED TO BE
02:19 - 29.229 AN EMPLOYEE OF ACTIVE
02:19 - 30.379 ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, MY
02:19 - 32.169 CLIENT. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING TO
02:19 - 33.309 YOU AND HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT
02:19 - 34.519 SAFE TO USE THAT THEIR CASES
02:19 - 36.079 DIRECTLY ON POINT IN WHICH THIS
02:19 - 36.779 COURT HAS SAID THAT
02:19 - 38.369 THAT'S IRRELEVANT. THE
02:19 - 40.139 PAPERWORK. THE CONTRACT DOESN'T
02:19 - 42.079 MEAN ANYTHING WHEN THE FACTS
02:19 - 44.489 DICTATE. THE RIGHT TO HIRE
02:19 - 45.679 RIGHT THE FIRE.
02:19 - 46.929 THE RIGHT TO CONTROL THE WORK
02:19 - 48.109 WE'VE DONE AND THE RIGHT TO
02:19 - 50.209 OVER TO CONTROL THE MANNER IN
02:19 - 51.229 WHICH THE WORK IS DONE
02:19 - 53.379 ALL RESIDING IN WILLIAMS
02:19 - 55.769 ENGINEERING SO SO I UNDERSTAND
02:19 - 57.599 THE ARGUMENT THAT THE ONLY
02:19 - 00.249 PLACE YOU CAN GET RELIEF IS
02:20 - 01.199 THROUGH THIS COURT THROUGH THE
02:20 - 02.759 WORKERS COMPENSATION SYSTEM
02:20 - 04.669 BECAUSE IF YOU FILE ANOTHER
02:20 - 05.919 COMPLAINT IN COURT OF COMMON
02:20 - 07.229 PLEAS, YOU'LL GET
02:20 - 09.379 HIT WITH. HE OWES ITS A HIT
02:20 - 10.409 THIS WORKERS COMP THERE'S A
02:20 - 11.859 BODY HAS TO DO WITH THE WORKERS
02:20 - 13.659 COMP COMPANIES CAN THAT'S
02:20 - 15.009 ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. BUT IF WE
02:20 - 17.479 SAY NO YOU'RE WRONG. THIS
02:20 - 18.689 BELONGS IN COMMON PLEAS.
02:20 - 19.709 THERE'S NO RIGHT TO RELIEF
02:20 - 21.629 WORKERS COMP DOES NOT SOLVE THE
02:20 - 22.959 PROBLEM, NO. I DON'T BELIEVE IT
02:20 - 23.899 DOES BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE
02:20 - 25.579 THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR
02:20 - 27.119 US. WELL
02:20 - 29.529 REGRETFULLY THEY APPEAL TO A
02:20 - 30.919 DIFFERENT COURT AND I DON'T
02:20 - 31.899 THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT THEY
02:20 - 33.759 COME HERE TOO NOT IN A
02:20 - 35.509 CIVIL ACTION. WE THINK THAT
02:20 - 37.789 WILL GO TO SUPERIOR COURT VOTES
02:20 - 39.569 IN CERTAIN INSTANCES WITHIN OUR
02:20 - 40.549 JURISDICTION.
02:20 - 42.809 WELL, IT KIND OF FLIES IN THE
02:20 - 44.569 FACE OF PIECEMEAL LITIGATION.
02:20 - 45.249 YOU KNOW IT ALL
02:20 - 46.539 STEMMED FROM.
02:20 - 49.229 >>1, 1, SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES IT
02:20 - 50.439 SHOULD STAY WITHIN THE SAME
02:20 - 51.079 FORM.
02:20 - 54.799 >>I GUESS ALTERNATIVELY THOUGH
02:20 - 55.419 WHAT IT'S SAYING
02:20 - 57.339 IS THAT EVEN THOUGH A CLAIMANT
02:20 - 59.699 NO LONGER WANTS TO PROCEED WITH
02:20 - 00.679 CLAIMS PETITION.
02:21 - 03.939 THAT WE'RE GOING TO
02:21 - 06.369 KEEP THE WORKERS COMP SYSTEM
02:21 - 08.589 CONTINUING TO BE INVOLVED IN
02:21 - 11.919 LITIGATION. WE'RE YOU KNOW
02:21 - 14.479 THE CLAIMANT IS NO LONGER.
02:21 - 17.859 WANTING TO PURSUE IT. WELL IT
02:21 - 19.299 IS WHAT WHY DID YOU PAY THE
02:21 - 19.989 BILLS.
02:21 - 24.049 >>INSIDE IT WAS IT WAS NOT
02:21 - 25.999 INTENTIONAL IT WAS I MEAN IT'S
02:21 - 27.339 SO IS IT OUR JOB TO FIX
02:21 - 29.059 YOUR MISTAKES, PARTLY I MEAN
02:21 - 30.509 THIS IS JOB OF THE COURT TO FIX
02:21 - 31.529 SHOULD YOUR LOINS
02:21 - 33.739 DECISIONS. WELL THANKFULLY
02:21 - 34.559 WASN'T LAWYER IN THE
02:21 - 39.619 HAS TO BE A REMEDY SOME PLACE
02:21 - 40.749 TO KEEP IN MIND YOUR HONOR IF
02:21 - 42.899 I MIGHT THAT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE
02:21 - 44.839 SERIES OF CASES ARISING UNDER
02:21 - 46.029 DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE ACT
02:21 - 47.459 SECTION FOR 13 SEE WHICH WE
02:21 - 48.459 CITE MORE BRIEF
02:21 - 49.919 WHERE THE
02:21 - 52.349 MISTAKEN DEFENDANT MISTAKE
02:21 - 53.369 EMPLOYER FALLEN IN THIS
02:21 - 54.949 COMPENSATION PAYABLE AND THEN
02:21 - 56.789 PAY BENEFITS ONLY DOES COVER
02:21 - 57.899 SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS A YEAR
02:21 - 00.049 LATER THAT SHOULD HAVE
02:22 - 01.649 DONE SO AND THAT THERE WAS A
02:22 - 03.559 DIFFERENT EMPLOYER OR DIFFERENT
02:22 - 05.279 CARRIER LIABLE. THIS COURT HAS
02:22 - 06.639 AFFIRMED WORKERS COMPENSATION
02:22 - 09.569 JUDGES WHO GRANTED PETITIONS IN
02:22 - 12.209 THOSE SITUATIONS ORDERED THE.
02:22 - 14.209 INNOCENT BUT
02:22 - 16.269 LIABLE EMPLOYER TO GO ON THE
02:22 - 17.189 HOOK FOR THE INJURY AND
02:22 - 18.589 REIMBURSE THE MISTAKEN
02:22 - 19.669 EMPLOYER, THE PAY THE MEDICAL
02:22 - 20.799 BENEFITS IN THE FIRST PLACE
02:22 - 22.559 THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING THE
02:22 - 24.249 COURT IS ALREADY A FIRM
02:22 - 25.109 DECISIONS AND WORKERS
02:22 - 27.249 COMPENSATION JUDGES IN MULTIPLE
02:22 - 29.039 CASES WITH THAT VERY SAME
02:22 - 31.939 REMEDY HAS BEEN SOUGHT AND HELP
02:22 - 32.339 DEAL WITH YOUR
02:22 - 34.689 TIME ONE. SO FROM THE TIME THAT
02:22 - 36.569 THE CLAIM WAS INITIALLY FILED
02:22 - 37.679 AND.
02:22 - 41.179 YOUR CLIENT FILED A NOTICE OF
02:22 - 43.069 COMPENSATION, NOT CORRECT.
02:22 - 45.909 THEN AT SOME POINT THE BILL WAS
02:22 - 49.689 PAID INADVERTENTLY. WHEN DID
02:22 - 52.119 YOUR CLIENT FILED THE JOINED
02:22 - 53.249 ARE AGAINST WILLIAMS.
02:22 - 56.229 THIS SPECIFIC DATE IS NOT IN
02:22 - 58.089 MY MIND THAT SHORTLY AFTER THE
02:22 - 59.499 CLAIM PETITION WAS FILED THERE
02:22 - 01.619 WAS AN INITIAL PRETRIAL HEARING
02:23 - 03.289 BEFORE THE WORKERS COMPENSATION
02:23 - 04.699 JUDGE WHERE SHE DOESN'T ACCEPT
02:23 - 04.989 EVIDENCE
02:23 - 06.219 OR TESTIMONY AT THE
02:23 - 07.729 PRETRIAL HEARING PRAYING FOR
02:23 - 09.419 HER THAT WAS OUR INTENTION TO
02:23 - 11.039 FALLEN TO UNDER PETITION THERE
02:23 - 12.479 SO WE DID SO PROPERLY AND THEN
02:23 - 13.619 THERE WAS ANOTHER PRETRIAL
02:23 - 15.259 HEARING AT WHICH ALL PARTIES
02:23 - 17.019 WERE PRESENT AND THEN THE CASE
02:23 - 18.599 DEVELOPED TO THE EVIDENCE AND
02:23 - 21.719 SO THEN AFTER THAT SECOND FREE
02:23 - 24.399 TRIAL. THAT'S WHEN THE
02:23 - 25.629 THE SETTLEMENT,
02:23 - 27.869 THE ROSE THAT S THE
02:23 - 29.579 SETTLEMENT ROADS AFTER THE
02:23 - 31.349 CLAIMANT TESTIFIED AND AFTER
02:23 - 32.509 WILLIAMS FOR MISSIONARIES, VICE
02:23 - 33.579 PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS
02:23 - 36.109 TESTIFIED WE CAME TO A HEARING.
02:23 - 38.979 TO OFFER INTO EVIDENCE THE
02:23 - 41.329 TRANSCRIPT OF IN IRAQ OVER
02:23 - 42.389 BECAUSE THE VICE PRESIDENT
02:23 - 43.599 OPERATIONS WILLIAMS, WARM
02:23 - 44.729 ENGINE EARRINGS ONLY TO
02:23 - 45.839 DISCOVER THAT WILLIAMS IN THE
02:23 - 47.549 CLIMATE SEPARATELY SETTLED AND
02:23 - 48.549 THE CONDITION OF THE SETTLEMENT
02:23 - 49.869 WAS WITHDRAW THE CLAIM PETITION
02:23 - 51.389 AGAINST US HOPING TO RENT A
02:23 - 52.449 MOVE THAT WOULD YOU WANT TO PUT
02:23 - 53.459 ALL THE WHILE THE JOINT A
02:23 - 54.709 PETITION WAS PACKED ALL OF YOU
02:23 - 55.889 WANT TO PETITION IS PENDING.
02:23 - 58.279 THERE WAS ONLY ONE WE TALK
02:23 - 59.209 ABOUT PRESIDENTS.
02:24 - 02.459 THERE'S ONLY ONE PURPOSE TO
02:24 - 03.879 WHAT WILLIAMS DID. THE
02:24 - 05.559 PRESIDENT WAS NOT INADVERTENT
02:24 - 07.199 PRESIDENTS WAS THE PURPOSE OF
02:24 - 08.079 THE TUBE OF THE OF
02:24 - 10.039 THE SETTLEMENTS CONDITIONED ON
02:24 - 11.339 WITHDRAWING THE CLAIM PETITION.
02:24 - 12.749 THEIR OBJECTIVE WAS TO
02:24 - 14.669 GET THAT. JOIN THE PETITION CAN
02:24 - 16.379 ADD TO THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO
02:24 - 18.189 CONFRONT A DECISION THAT THEIR
02:24 - 19.589 THEIR PLIGHT IS THE EMPLOYER
02:24 - 20.979 AND IT WOULD REIMBURSE MIKE
02:24 - 23.529 LIE, $44,000 BABIES TAKEN LEE
02:24 - 24.609 FOR A HOSPITAL BILL WHEN THE
02:24 - 24.909 CLIMATE
02:24 - 27.369 WAS INJURED. SO THE W THE ISSUE
02:24 - 29.199 IS WHETHER THE DEBRIS CJ AIRED.
02:24 - 31.919 >>WHEN THERE APPEARED TO BE IN
02:24 - 34.159 ON WE SOUGHT TO ISSUE
02:24 - 36.869 A PREJUDICE BY A EASY
02:24 - 38.439 ABSOLUTELY AND THAT OBVIOUSLY J
02:24 - 39.399 CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO
02:24 - 40.689 AUTHORITY FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT
02:24 - 41.639 THAT'S CLEARLY ONE OF THE
02:24 - 41.939 MATTER
02:24 - 42.309 OF LAW.
02:24 - 44.109 >>IT'S CLEARLY INCORRECT AS A
02:24 - 45.539 MATTER OF LAW THE BOARD SAID
02:24 - 47.219 THE SAME THING MARKEDLY AND
02:24 - 48.129 FRANKLY I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
02:24 - 49.269 THAT THE WORKERS COMPENSATION
02:24 - 50.269 APPEAL BOARD KNOWS BETTER.
02:24 - 51.849 THEY MAY FIND FACTS IN THIS
02:24 - 53.809 SPECIFIC CASE TO CONCLUDE THAT
02:24 - 55.649 THE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM BUT
02:24 - 57.229 TO SAY THAT REPAIRS THAT WITH
02:24 - 58.479 ALREADY FOR REIMBURSEMENT IN
02:24 - 59.749 THE FACE OF A SERIES OF CASES
02:24 - 01.239 FROM THIS COURT THAT WE CITED
02:25 - 03.359 TO THEM INSIDE TO YOU TODAY
02:25 - 04.909 WHERE REIMBURSEMENT WAS BORDER
02:25 - 05.669 AND APPROVED
02:25 - 08.599 IS THIS THAT TO US AND SO JUST
02:25 - 10.129 TO CONFIRM WHEN THE WORKERS
02:25 - 11.029 COMPENSATION
02:25 - 12.149 BOARD SAYS.
02:25 - 14.279 >>DEFENDANT REMAINS FREE TO
02:25 - 16.009 INITIATE NEW LITIGATION IN THIS
02:25 - 17.349 MATTER. I GUESS I
02:25 - 19.439 THEY WOULD BE SAYING IN FRONT
02:25 - 22.289 OF THAT IN FRONT WELL IT WITHIN
02:25 - 24.659 COMP SYSTEM, INCLUDING FILING
02:25 - 26.829 NEW PETITIONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO
02:25 - 28.489 RECOUP THE MONEY IT PAID FOR
02:25 - 29.569 THE MEDICAL BILLS,
02:25 - 31.599 YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S INCORRECT
02:25 - 33.539 AND THERE'S NO NEW PETITION
02:25 - 33.869 THAT YOU
02:25 - 35.789 COULD FILE TO RECOUP THE MONEY
02:25 - 37.769 YOU PAID THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE
02:25 - 39.669 THE CLAIMANT TO CONTINUE TO
02:25 - 41.019 REMAIN INVOLVED.
02:25 - 43.019 AND PROSECUTING ACCLAIMED
02:25 - 45.289 PETITION IT NO LONGER WISH TO
02:25 - 46.529 PROSECUTE I'M SAYING THAT'S
02:25 - 47.639 INCORRECT BECAUSE AS WE
02:25 - 48.719 DISCUSSED EARLIER, THERE'S NO
02:25 - 49.779 PROGRESS CIVIL ACTION THAT
02:25 - 49.879 COULD
02:25 - 50.459 BE FILED.
02:25 - 52.559 >>BECAUSE THE MECHANISMS TO CAN
02:25 - 53.059 INITIATE
02:25 - 55.209 THE LITIGATION TO BE A COMPANY
02:25 - 55.549 BY A
02:25 - 58.699 BY AD ON THE PART OF THE
02:25 - 00.379 DEFENDED HIS STEPFATHER REVIEW
02:26 - 01.999 PETITION UNDER SECTION 4.13 OF
02:26 - 03.829 THE ACT THAT SECTION REQUIRES A
02:26 - 04.939 REVIEW PETITION TO BE FILED
02:26 - 06.009 BASED UPON AN EXISTING
02:26 - 06.519 AGREEMENT
02:26 - 08.109 FOR COMPENSATION. I KNOW THAT
02:26 - 09.679 THE COMPENSATION PAYABLE OR
02:26 - 11.489 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT WE DON'T
02:26 - 12.909 HAVE THAT HERE WE HAVE AND THAT
02:26 - 14.179 IS THE COMPENSATION DENIAL
02:26 - 16.169 FOLLOWED BY A MISTAKEN
02:26 - 17.739 PAYMENTS, SO THERE'S NO
02:26 - 19.479 STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR ARREST
02:26 - 20.729 WHEN INITIATING LITIGATION ARE
02:26 - 22.279 OWNED BY THOUGHT REEVA TO SHUN
02:26 - 23.209 OR I WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
02:26 - 24.069 2 YEARS AGO.
02:26 - 25.649 >>WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT HAPPENED
02:26 - 27.239 TO THE JOINED OR THE
02:26 - 28.179 OUTSTANDING JOINED
02:26 - 29.349 THEIR PETITION.
02:26 - 30.809 >>WELL OUR POSITION IS THAT
02:26 - 32.149 IT'S NOT AUTOMATICALLY RENDERED
02:26 - 34.159 MOOT BY THE BY THE U.S.
02:26 - 36.419 WITHDRAW OF THE CLAIM PETITION.
02:26 - 38.489 AND THE SITE THE REASONS FOR
02:26 - 39.899 THAT BASED UPON REGULATION.
02:26 - 41.499 THAT PERMITS THE WORKERS
02:26 - 42.749 COMPENSATION JUDGE TO SEVER THE
02:26 - 43.709 JOINT OR A WHOLE SEPARATE
02:26 - 44.419 HEARINGS ON IT
02:26 - 46.559 WITH IT WILLIAMS SAYS THAT IT
02:26 - 47.819 HAS TO BE DEPENDENT TO AN
02:26 - 48.649 EXISTING PETITION.
02:26 - 50.809 SO THAT WITH THE GOAL OF THE OF
02:26 - 52.109 THE CLAY PETITION RENDERS
02:26 - 53.769 THE JOINT PETITION TO DO BUT I
02:26 - 54.939 DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO GET TO
02:26 - 56.389 THAT BECAUSE THE JUDGE ERRED AS
02:26 - 57.629 A MATTER OF LAW CONCLUDED THAT
02:26 - 59.549 THERE'S NO AUTHORITY TO
02:27 - 01.479 FOR US
02:27 - 03.709 TO RECOVER. IT IS A MATTER OF
02:27 - 04.889 LONG FINDING THAT THERE'S NO
02:27 - 06.019 PREJUDICE.
02:27 - 08.059 >>OK THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:27 - 08.679 THANK YOU.
02:27 - 23.699 >>PLEASE THE COURT MY
02:27 - 25.209 NAME IS ANDREA BENNETT AND I
02:27 - 26.459 REPRESENT WILLIAMS FORM
02:27 - 28.469 ENGINEERING IN THIS MATTER AND
02:27 - 29.979 JUST IN CASE I FORGET I WANT TO
02:27 - 30.939 AT THE OUTSET
02:27 - 32.799 KNOW THAT
02:27 - 35.999 THIS COURT FINDS THAT THE JUDGE
02:27 - 37.389 OR AS A MATTER
02:27 - 37.979 OF LAW.
02:27 - 40.379 >>THEN THIS WOULD REQUIRE
02:27 - 42.339 REMAIN NOT ONLY FOR FINDINGS OF
02:27 - 43.729 FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ON
02:27 - 44.569 THE ISSUE OF WHO IS THE
02:27 - 46.429 PROPER EMPLOYER. BUT ALSO
02:27 - 48.139 REOPENING OF THE RECORD BECAUSE
02:27 - 50.999 THAT ISSUE WAS NOT BY ANY MEANS
02:27 - 52.989 FULLY LITIGATED PERHAPS THE
02:27 - 54.209 ORIGINAL DEFENDANT HAD
02:27 - 55.789 CONCLUDED, GATHERING IT'S
02:27 - 56.339 EVIDENCE
02:27 - 59.919 MY CLIENT HAD NOT PRESENTED ALL
02:27 - 01.179 OF THE EVIDENCE THAT IT WANTED
02:28 - 02.649 TO PRESENT AND I DON'T THINK I
02:28 - 03.789 THINK IT GOES AND COUNCILS AND
02:28 - 05.839 TO REMAIN ON THAT TO TO ADDRESS
02:28 - 06.199 ALL THOSE
02:28 - 09.079 >>I THINK IS THE PACIFIC
02:28 - 10.629 PETITIONERS BREES HAD MENTIONED
02:28 - 11.249 THAT THE MATTER IS
02:28 - 13.449 FULLY LITIGATED AND I JUST
02:28 - 14.589 WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT
02:28 - 15.469 WASN'T WE WOULD NEED A
02:28 - 16.779 REOPENING OF THE RECORD.
02:28 - 19.129 AND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ON THAT
02:28 - 20.319 WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA WORKERS
02:28 - 21.819 COMPENSATION ACT IS
02:28 - 23.819 AS WE KNOW REMEDIAL IN NATURE
02:28 - 25.579 IT'S INTENDED TO BENEFIT.
02:28 - 27.499 THE INJURED WORKER IT'S NOT
02:28 - 28.839 INTENDED TO BENEFIT
02:28 - 31.629 AN EMPLOYER WHO FORMALLY DENIES
02:28 - 33.209 THAT CLAIM SO HOW WOULD CLAIM
02:28 - 34.359 TO BE PREJUDICED HERE.
02:28 - 36.689 OKAY, LET'S END THIS PARTICULAR
02:28 - 38.119 CASE WILLIAMS FORM ENGINEERING
02:28 - 40.119 DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH THE
02:28 - 41.069 SETTLEMENT THAT IT HAD
02:28 - 42.489 NEGOTIATED DESPITE.
02:28 - 44.999 >>THE OBJECTION TO WITHDRAW
02:28 - 48.059 THE PETITION. LET'S ASSUME THAT
02:28 - 49.689 THE HOLDING IN THIS CASE IS
02:28 - 50.069 THAT.
02:28 - 53.619 >>WILL IT LET LET'S GO BACK TO
02:28 - 55.509 WILLIAMS ENGINEERING WITH
02:28 - 57.989 NEGOTIATED A SETTLEMENT WITH
02:28 - 59.389 THE CLAIMANT BETWEEN THE FILING
02:28 - 00.809 THE CLAIM TITIAN AND WITHDRAW
02:29 - 01.839 THE CLAIM PETITION ABOUT
02:29 - 02.299 HALFWAY
02:29 - 03.869 THROUGH LITIGATION. THE
02:29 - 06.429 CLAIMANT NEGOTIATED RESOLUTION
02:29 - 07.939 OF THE CASE WITH
02:29 - 10.069 WILLIAMS WARM ENGINEERING IT
02:29 - 11.709 AND THEN AT THAT TIME DID
02:29 - 12.909 EVERYONE KNOW.
02:29 - 14.869 >>THAT THERE WAS A DISPUTE
02:29 - 16.309 CONCERNING THE OUTSTANDING
02:29 - 17.989 HOSPITAL BILL ABSOLUTELY.
02:29 - 20.379 SO THAT WAS AN ISSUE ALL ALONG
02:29 - 22.379 AND THE CLAIM IS MADE OF RISK
02:29 - 24.419 ASSESSMENT AND DECIDED IT WAS
02:29 - 25.759 IN HIS OWN BEST INTEREST TO
02:29 - 27.269 SETTLE THE CASE WITH WILLIAMS
02:29 - 29.489 FOR THE WIN AT THE AT THIS
02:29 - 32.329 POINT IN THE W C J MADE AN
02:29 - 34.029 ULTIMATE DETERMINATION.
02:29 - 36.579 TO SAY OK WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW
02:29 - 38.419 EVERYTHING TO BE CLOSED UP SHOP
02:29 - 40.259 WE'RE NOT GOING. CONSIDER IT
02:29 - 40.939 AND I GUESS I'M
02:29 - 44.079 A LITTLE. BY WANTED EVERY CJ
02:29 - 45.759 CUP SAYING IT WAS A VOLUNTARY
02:29 - 47.969 PAYMENT VOLUNTARY PAYMENT WHEN
02:29 - 49.029 IT DID APPEAR TO BE AN
02:29 - 51.539 ISSUE THROUGHOUT SO IF YOU GO
02:29 - 52.869 BACK IN THE CLAIM IS GOING TO
02:29 - 54.579 BE PROTECTED AND THEY DO AGREE
02:29 - 55.269 WITH YOU THAT
02:29 - 57.029 THE PURPOSE OF THE ACT IS TO
02:29 - 58.239 ENSURE THAT CLAIMANTS ARE TAKEN
02:29 - 00.419 CARE OF. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
02:30 - 01.629 THAT WE THROW
02:30 - 03.359 OTHER INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE BUS
02:30 - 04.619 BECAUSE IT TRULY IS A
02:30 - 07.379 COMPROMISE STATUTE WITH SO IF
02:30 - 08.349 IF THE CLAIM IS GOING
02:30 - 10.579 TO BE TAKING CARE OF AND I
02:30 - 12.119 DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY
02:30 - 15.199 WHAT'S WRONG WITH GOING BACK IN
02:30 - 16.749 RESOLVING THIS ONE OUTSTANDING
02:30 - 18.789 ISSUE THAT THE WCHA DIDN'T SEEM
02:30 - 19.969 TO FULLY ADDRESSED.
02:30 - 21.949 >>THE CLAIM IS NOT NECESSARILY
02:30 - 23.519 GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF.
02:30 - 27.769 >>ACCURATE POSITION POTENTIALLY
02:30 - 28.379 WHAT COULD
02:30 - 30.499 HAVE THWARTED. THE SETTLEMENT
02:30 - 31.749 AGREEMENT THAT THE CLAIMANT
02:30 - 32.839 REACHED AND THAT THE CLAIM
02:30 - 34.399 DECIDED WAS IN HIS BEST
02:30 - 36.399 INTEREST. BUT IT WAS AT THE
02:30 - 41.139 EXPENSE OF ACCURATE THIS AND SO
02:30 - 42.459 ESSENTIALLY WILLIAMS PAID THE
02:30 - 43.169 CLAIMANT
02:30 - 46.129 2 WITHDRAW THE CLEAN PETITION
02:30 - 47.659 AND THEN WILLIAMS WOULDN'T HAVE
02:30 - 49.869 TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING TO PAY
02:30 - 51.449 THE $44,000
02:30 - 54.039 HOSPITAL BILL. IT IS SAYS ITS
02:30 - 55.999 RISKS AND THE CLAIMANT ASSESSED
02:30 - 56.939 HIS RESTS.
02:30 - 59.259 >>AND VOLUNTARILY ENTERED INTO
02:30 - 00.039 AN AGREEMENT
02:31 - 02.089 THE CLAIMANTS WILL IS PARAMOUNT
02:31 - 03.789 AND PARAMOUNT HERE BECAUSE THIS
02:31 - 06.119 THE PURPOSE OF THE ACT IS
02:31 - 07.229 HUMANITARIAN TO TAKE CARE OF
02:31 - 08.799 THE CLAIMANT WAS THE CLAIMANTS
02:31 - 09.909 WILL IN THIS CASE WE DON'T NEED
02:31 - 10.959 TO WALK ALL OVER.
02:31 - 13.009 YOU KNOW OTHER PARTIES JUST
02:31 - 14.729 BECAUSE YOUR CLAIM.
02:31 - 16.409 >>WELL THIS IS A PARTY THAT
02:31 - 18.939 MISTAKENLY MADE PAYMENT OTHER
02:31 - 20.899 BILL THE DAY AFTER IT ISSUED A
02:31 - 22.109 NOTICE OF DENIAL.
02:31 - 24.279 IT KNEW IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
02:31 - 24.419 PAY
02:31 - 26.299 THE BILL I'M BY MISTAKENLY I
02:31 - 27.409 DON'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT THE
02:31 - 28.759 RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYER,
02:31 - 30.349 ULTIMATELY THAT ISSUE IS BEING
02:31 - 32.299 LITIGATED IT'S NOT DIRECTLY IN
02:31 - 32.539 FRONT OF
02:31 - 34.109 THIS COURT. WHAT I MEAN IS IT
02:31 - 35.479 FOR THIS REASON THERE IS WHERE
02:31 - 36.979 THE GAY SHUN WELL, WELL IT'S
02:31 - 38.089 NOT WE'RE NOT REALLY GETTING IT
02:31 - 39.959 THAT THE LIST CERTAINLY HAVE TO
02:31 - 42.759 BE DECIDED BY THE JUDGE BUT I
02:31 - 44.589 WOULD TOO. BY THE WORKERS
02:31 - 46.319 COMPENSATION JUDGE WHO THE
02:31 - 48.299 EMPLOYER WAS IS THAT STILL IN
02:31 - 49.429 FRONT OF THE WORKERS
02:31 - 51.549 COMPENSATION JUDGE. WELL IF
02:31 - 53.469 THIS IS IS THAT IF
02:31 - 55.669 THIS COURT REVERSES THE JUDGE
02:31 - 59.329 WE CASE THAT RIGHT DON'T IT SO
02:31 - 00.909 RIGHT. YES.
02:32 - 03.799 AND THAT ISSUE WILL HAVE NEVER
02:32 - 04.679 BEEN DECIDED.
02:32 - 05.549 THIS CASE IS
02:32 - 07.029 DISTINGUISHABLE WHAT DOES AND
02:32 - 09.919 DOES THAT SEEM SEEM BLATANTLY I
02:32 - 11.619 MEAN SOMETIMES HAVE TO LIVE
02:32 - 13.609 WITH ME AND AGAIN THERE IS A
02:32 - 14.969 DISPUTE PERHAPS.
02:32 - 17.919 >>EVENTUALLY THEY WILL HAVE
02:32 - 19.729 BEEN DEEMED. THE APPROPRIATE
02:32 - 21.399 EMPLOYERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
02:32 - 22.299 BILL THERE WAS A
02:32 - 25.869 ALL ALONG ABOUT THAT AND
02:32 - 27.569 SO WHY ENTER INTO THE
02:32 - 29.479 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THEN THE
02:32 - 29.689 DIDN'T
02:32 - 30.499 FEEL THAT.
02:32 - 32.229 >>YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE AS
02:32 - 34.129 EMPLOYERS EMPLOYERS DO THAT ALL
02:32 - 35.599 THE TIME THEY ASSESS THE RISK
02:32 - 37.159 THERE IS A CHANCE THE JUDGE
02:32 - 37.669 COULD HAVE FOUND
02:32 - 39.609 IN FAVOR WILLIAMS TO CHANCE IT
02:32 - 40.919 COULD HAVE FOUND IN FAVOR OF
02:32 - 42.099 ASH SO IT FOR THE BEARS.
02:32 - 45.629 >>IN FOR THE W C J. IT WAS
02:32 - 46.649 CLAIMANT
02:32 - 49.789 VERSUS ACCURATE. ACURA ITS
02:32 - 52.089 JOYNER'S PENDING RATE CRACKED.
02:32 - 53.089 NOW.
02:32 - 55.799 YOUR CLIENT WILLIAMS NEVER CAME
02:32 - 57.339 TO THE TABLE THEY WORK OUT
02:32 - 59.009 THERE WAITING TO COME TO THE
02:32 - 59.759 TABLE IN
02:32 - 01.579 THE LITIGATION. LOOK AT THE
02:33 - 03.259 DOCKET IN THE RECORD AND IT
02:33 - 03.989 JUST SHOWS
02:33 - 06.229 ACCURATE CLAIM AND THAT OF THE
02:33 - 07.919 APPEAL ABOUT THAT SHOWS YOUR
02:33 - 09.129 CLIENT AS AN ADDITIONAL
02:33 - 10.769 DEFENDANT. SO YOUR CLIENT WAS
02:33 - 13.279 NEVER ACTUALLY IN THE CASE.
02:33 - 14.749 FORMALLY YOU WERE JUST KIND OF
02:33 - 15.679 HANG ABOUT IN THE
02:33 - 16.829 OUTSKIRTS RIGHT.
02:33 - 17.969 >>THE ONLY MECHANISM THAT
02:33 - 19.159 BROUGHT MY CLIENT INTO THE CASE
02:33 - 20.549 WAS THE JOINT OR PETITIONS
02:33 - 22.589 WHICH WASN'T GRANTED WHICH IS
02:33 - 23.859 NOT WHICH WAS DISMISSED
02:33 - 26.459 AS MOOT BUT BECAUSE THE WORKERS
02:33 - 28.599 COMP JUDGE NEVER GOT TO IT
02:33 - 29.799 BECAUSE IT WAS 7.
02:33 - 31.949 >>SO YOU SOME OF THE CASE YOU
02:33 - 32.669 WANT IN.
02:33 - 35.979 BASED ON A BUSINESS DECISION SO
02:33 - 37.589 THE ONLY THING I CAN ASSUME IS
02:33 - 39.439 THAT YOUR CLIENT DID THAT TO
02:33 - 40.689 AVOID PAYING THIS FEE.
02:33 - 42.099 >>WELL, I MEAN WE WERE IN THE
02:33 - 43.459 CASE AS A DEFENDER BECAUSE ALL
02:33 - 45.469 OF ONCE A JOINER IS FILED ALL
02:33 - 46.639 THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE CLAIM
02:33 - 48.619 PETITION ARE DEEMED ASSERTED
02:33 - 50.559 AGAINST MY CLIENT ALSO.
02:33 - 51.959 >>DID YOU MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN
02:33 - 53.239 THE WORK IN CONTROL OF THIS
02:33 - 57.169 PARTICIPATED YES, ABSOLUTELY
02:33 - 58.579 I'M WE CAN TESTED THE
02:33 - 01.289 EMPLOYMENT THIS IS A CASE WHERE
02:34 - 02.439 CLAIMANTS OUT OF TIME TO SHOOT
02:34 - 03.469 AGAINST ACCURATE. CLINTON
02:34 - 04.609 TESTIFIED HE THOUGHT ACCURATE
02:34 - 05.419 WAS EMPLOYER.
02:34 - 06.729 >>THERE IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN
02:34 - 08.199 ACCURATE AND WILLIAMS THAT
02:34 - 10.169 PROVIDED AND IT WAS DRAFTED BY
02:34 - 11.369 ACCURATE THAT THERE'S NO
02:34 - 12.759 FINDINGS IS BACK SO WE CAN'T
02:34 - 13.849 EVEN GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
02:34 - 17.579 THERE WAS THERE'S AMPLE WE'RE
02:34 - 19.789 NOT THE FACT FINDER. THE JUDGE
02:34 - 21.019 COULD HAVE FOUND EITHER WAY
02:34 - 23.699 AND THAT WAS A RISK YOU KNOW
02:34 - 25.049 ANALYSIS THAT THE CLAIMANT HOOK
02:34 - 27.209 THAT THAT WILLIAMS
02:34 - 30.809 BUT YOU KNEW THAT THE HOSPITAL
02:34 - 31.929 BILL EXISTED.
02:34 - 34.979 IT HAD BEEN PAID ON THE DAY
02:34 - 38.609 ACCURATE ISSUED A NOTICE OF
02:34 - 40.779 MEDICATIONS AND NOBODY DISPUTES
02:34 - 42.849 THAT IT WAS PAID, I MEAN THAT
02:34 - 44.529 THAT THE HOSPITAL BILL CAME
02:34 - 46.179 INTO EXISTENCE BECAUSE OF A
02:34 - 47.209 WORKPLACE INJURY.
02:34 - 50.229 >>WELL THERE
02:34 - 51.999 WERE POTENTIAL ARGUMENTS ABOUT
02:34 - 53.099 THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF
02:34 - 56.369 EMPLOYMENT INITIALLY. BUT NO
02:34 - 58.629 THERE WAS NO DISPUTE THAT HE
02:34 - 59.009 FELL
02:34 - 02.069 AT WORK. HE RECEIVED TREATMENT
02:35 - 03.659 BECAUSE OF THAT. SO
02:35 - 06.049 ARE THERE. WHAT YOU REALLY WELL
02:35 - 07.349 THE ARGUMENT HE REALLY IS
02:35 - 07.899 WHETHER.
02:35 - 10.159 >>THE WCHA ABUSED.
02:35 - 13.789 DISCRETION. WHETHER IT WAS AN
02:35 - 16.529 ABUSE OF DISCRETION TO TO GRANT
02:35 - 19.519 REQUEST TO WITHDRAW.
02:35 - 23.579 HAVE THERE BEEN ANY
02:35 - 24.979 CASES WHERE.
02:35 - 30.099 >>W CJ I MEAN HAVE THERE NOT
02:35 - 31.869 BEEN CASES WHERE WCJB WOULD
02:35 - 34.779 DECIDE NOT TO GRANT THE MOTION
02:35 - 35.569 FOR WITHDRAWAL.
02:35 - 38.499 >>I HAVE FOUND NOT NONE OF
02:35 - 40.509 THOSE CASES YOUR COUNCIL
02:35 - 41.669 REFERRED YOUR ATTENTION TO A
02:35 - 42.469 CASE IN WHICH.
02:35 - 44.849 ACCLAIMED PETITION WAS
02:35 - 47.279 DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE VERSUS
02:35 - 49.019 WITHOUT PREJUDICE BECAUSE OF
02:35 - 49.799 THE PREJUDICE
02:35 - 53.469 SUFFERED BY THE THAT'S NOT
02:35 - 55.019 APPLICABLE IN THIS CASE, THE
02:35 - 55.309 ONLY
02:35 - 57.879 PREJUDICE HERE WAS CREATED BY
02:35 - 00.039 ACCURATE AND IT'S MISTAKEN
02:36 - 00.549 PAYMENT ON
02:36 - 02.499 THE BILL I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU
02:36 - 04.049 THAT IT WOULD HAVE HAS TO LIVE
02:36 - 04.539 WITH THAT.
02:36 - 06.409 >>I THINK WHAT I'M BOTHERED BY
02:36 - 06.969 IS IT W
02:36 - 09.679 C J ALLOW THE CASE TO BECOME
02:36 - 11.789 FINALIZE WHEN THERE IS AN
02:36 - 13.829 OUTSTANDING ISSUE AND IT
02:36 - 15.559 APPEARS THAT WILLIAMS DOESN'T
02:36 - 17.489 THIS VIEW THAT THERE WAS
02:36 - 20.149 PREJUDICE BECAUSE THERE IS AN
02:36 - 21.209 OUTSTANDING ISSUE THAT WAS
02:36 - 22.129 NEVER ADDRESSED.
02:36 - 26.139 >>YOU'RE THE I MEAN THE CLAIM
02:36 - 27.339 THAT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED AND
02:36 - 28.949 BECAUSE IT JOINED HER PETITION
02:36 - 31.229 IS DERIVATIVE OF THAT CLAIM
02:36 - 33.449 PETITION AND NECESSARILY HAD TO
02:36 - 34.619 BE DISMISSED AS MOOT
02:36 - 35.879 SO.
02:36 - 37.989 >>BUT IF THE JOINT PETITION HAD
02:36 - 40.329 BEEN DECIDED GRANTED IN YOUR
02:36 - 42.899 INFORMALLY. WE WOULDN'T BE HERE
02:36 - 43.569 RIGHT.
02:36 - 45.249 >>IF THE JOINT A PETITION WAS
02:36 - 47.209 GRANTED THAT AT THE VERY END OF
02:36 - 50.359 THE BONUS BEFORE. THE
02:36 - 50.909 SETTLEMENT.
02:36 - 55.769 PROCEDURALLY I WOULD ASSUME
02:36 - 57.319 THAT BEFORE ANYTHING COULD HAVE
02:36 - 59.139 BEEN TIED UP THIS ISSUE WOULD
02:36 - 01.179 HAVE BEEN WAS OFF.
02:37 - 04.139 >>YOU SEEM
02:37 - 05.789 LIKE THEY RATION A RESULT THAT
02:37 - 06.789 BEFORE THEY ACCEPTED
02:37 - 08.549 THE SETTLEMENT. SO WORK AT
02:37 - 09.429 TIME, BUT THEY DIDN'T
02:37 - 11.729 REALLY EXCEPT WAS THE
02:37 - 13.409 SETTLEMENT ACCEPTED BY THE W C
02:37 - 15.139 J I DIDN'T THINK SO I THOUGHT
02:37 - 16.849 THAT ESSENTIALLY.
02:37 - 19.349 >>THE CLAIM PETITION
02:37 - 21.809 WAS WITHDRAWN. WELL AT THE SAME
02:37 - 22.989 TIME THAT THE CLAIMANT
02:37 - 24.459 REQUESTED THE SETTLEMENT
02:37 - 26.369 AGREEMENT APPROVED BY SEA SO
02:37 - 27.549 THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WAS
02:37 - 29.859 ALSO IMPROVEMENT BY THE W C J.
02:37 - 32.409 AND THEN.
02:37 - 35.359 ALLOWED THE CLAIMANT TO
02:37 - 36.679 WITHDRAW THE PETITION.
02:37 - 38.209 >>AND ONE STEP THAT ISSUE WAS
02:37 - 40.049 WITHDRAWN THEN THE JOINT OR IS
02:37 - 42.289 DERIVATIVE IT WAS DISMISSED AS
02:37 - 44.939 I'M GOING TO WALK TO ANOTHER
02:37 - 46.789 PATH WITH YOU SO LET'S SAY WE
02:37 - 48.549 AGREE WITH YOU AND WE AFFIRM.
02:37 - 51.869 >>THEY'RE GOING TO FILE AN
02:37 - 53.099 ACTION THE COURT OF COMMON
02:37 - 55.369 PLEAS. AND SAY THAT WILLIAMS IS
02:37 - 56.119 RESPONSIBLE.
02:37 - 00.399 >>PRESENT TO THE COURT OF
02:38 - 02.259 COMMON PLEAS, A CONTRACT
02:38 - 04.229 BETWEEN ACCURATE AND WILLIAMS.
02:38 - 05.949 THE ACCURATE DRAFTED.
02:38 - 08.249 THAT SAYS THAT DURING THE
02:38 - 10.229 PROBATIONARY PERIOD THE CLAIM
02:38 - 12.039 WILL REMAIN AN EMPLOYEE OF
02:38 - 14.279 ACCURATE. IT ACCURATE WILL BE
02:38 - 15.549 RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE
02:38 - 17.869 OVERHEAD COSTS INCLUDING
02:38 - 20.399 WORKERS COMPENSATION. THAT'S
02:38 - 22.359 WHAT THE CONTRACT THAT ACCURATE
02:38 - 24.899 DRAFTED STATES AS BETWEEN THE
02:38 - 26.619 PARTIES. SO THEY'RE GOING TO
02:38 - 27.869 ASSUME HE'S IT WON'T GET ANY
02:38 - 29.919 RELIEF AND THAT COURT.
02:38 - 32.319 SO THE ONLY WAY BE A CAUSE
02:38 - 34.749 OF ACTION. IF IN THE
02:38 - 36.129 COMPENSATION COURT WE ARE
02:38 - 38.409 ORDERED TO THERE MAY BE A CAUSE
02:38 - 39.969 OF ACTION AND IF WILLIAMS IS
02:38 - 41.639 EYES THE RAISE YOU KNOW SCOPE
02:38 - 43.839 OF EMPLOYMENT. WHAT SCARES ME
02:38 - 45.399 ABOUT IT WILLIAMS THE SITES ARE
02:38 - 45.919 A SCOPE
02:38 - 47.739 OF EMPLOYMENT. I MEAN THAT'S
02:38 - 48.859 NOT REALLY AN ISSUE FOR THE
02:38 - 50.499 TRIAL COURT TO BE RESOLVING IS
02:38 - 52.659 IT SHOULD NOT TO BE DECIDED IN
02:38 - 53.889 THE WORKERS COMP FIELD.
02:38 - 58.929 >>SO DO YOU THINK I MEAN I
02:38 - 01.419 THREW THAT OUT BUT WHEN THE THE
02:39 - 02.399 BOARD SAYS
02:39 - 04.169 DEFENDANT REMAINS FREE TO
02:39 - 06.149 INITIATE NEW LITIGATION IN
02:39 - 08.489 THIS MATTER, INCLUDING FILING
02:39 - 10.479 NEW PETITIONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO
02:39 - 11.979 RECOUP THE MONEY IT PAID FOR
02:39 - 12.079 THE
02:39 - 14.219 MEDICAL BILLS. HOW DO YOU READ
02:39 - 15.559 AND INTERPRET THAT STATEMENT.
02:39 - 18.109 >>I READ THAT IT WAS IMPLYING
02:39 - 19.419 THAT PERHAPS THERE IS A CAUSE
02:39 - 21.359 OF ACTION. I DON'T THINK WITHIN
02:39 - 22.969 THE CALM THAT THEY WORKERS
02:39 - 24.429 COMPENSATION SYSTEM THAT'S HOW
02:39 - 26.549 I READ THAT MIGHT HELP TO SHUN
02:39 - 27.749 CAN YOU THINK OF THE PETITION
02:39 - 29.249 THAT THERE THERE IS NO SUCH
02:39 - 31.109 PETITIONS YOU'RE SO THAT WAS AN
02:39 - 33.989 I DO THINK THAT THAT STATEMENT
02:39 - 35.479 AS YOU ARE BECAUSE SECTION FOR
02:39 - 38.839 ONLY APPLIES TO
02:39 - 40.699 A DEFENDANT OR AN EMPLOYER WHO
02:39 - 43.159 WAS ACCEPTED LIABILITY
02:39 - 45.059 MISTAKENLY AND ISSUED A
02:39 - 46.499 DOCUMENT ACCEPTING
02:39 - 48.009 RESPONSIBILITY AND THE REASON
02:39 - 48.169 FOR
02:39 - 50.039 THAT IS AND PLAYERS ARE
02:39 - 51.329 ENCOURAGED TO VERY QUICKLY
02:39 - 53.209 EXCEPT TO SOMETIMES BEFORE THE
02:39 - 54.839 INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.
02:39 - 56.439 SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF
02:39 - 58.459 REMEDY WHERE IF A MISTAKE IS
02:39 - 58.759 FOUND
02:39 - 00.629 OUT LATER. THEY CAN FILE A
02:40 - 01.919 PETITION TO REVIEW THAT
02:40 - 03.619 ACCEPTANCE OF THE CLAIMS SO
02:40 - 04.999 THAT IT'S NOT LIFE DOESN'T
02:40 - 06.499 LIFETIME EXPOSURE FOR WHEN IT
02:40 - 08.689 SHOULDN'T THAT'S NOT THIS CASE
02:40 - 10.579 SO IF THEY'RE IF THE QUESTION
02:40 - 13.049 IS WHETHER IF THE BOARD WAS
02:40 - 14.119 LOOKING AT WHETHER THERE WAS AN
02:40 - 15.399 ABUSE OF DISCRETION
02:40 - 17.269 AND IF ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT
02:40 - 19.139 WAS LOOKING AT WAS PREJUDICE
02:40 - 22.189 AND IT BELIEVED INACCURATELY
02:40 - 23.589 THAT THERE WAS NO PREJUDICE
02:40 - 26.709 HERE TO THIS. I MEAN EMPLOYER
02:40 - 28.729 BUT ACCURATE A PARTY.
02:40 - 34.399 AND IT WAS WRONG AND THERE
02:40 - 36.379 REALLY IS POTENTIAL PREJUDICE.
02:40 - 37.769 THEN TOO.
02:40 - 39.969 ISN'T THAT A REASON FOR THE
02:40 - 43.049 BOARD'S DECISION. NOT TO FROM
02:40 - 44.939 TEAR INTO MAYBE LEAST REMANDED
02:40 - 46.099 BACK AND SAY OK
02:40 - 48.639 NOW AS YOU GOT THAT WRONG.
02:40 - 49.109 SO THERE
02:40 - 51.399 IS PREJUDICE ISN'T THAT AN
02:40 - 52.909 ABUSE OF DISCRETION AND MORE
02:40 - 54.649 IMPORTANTLY WAS A POTENTIAL
02:40 - 56.389 PREJUDICE TO THE CLAIMANT IN
02:40 - 57.589 THAT THE SETTLEMENT THAT HE
02:40 - 59.289 WANTED TO PURSUE.
02:40 - 00.819 >>WOULD HAVE FALLEN THROUGH.
02:41 - 03.169 IF WILLIAMS FOR ENGINEERING
02:41 - 04.939 WASN'T. I'M CONFIDENT IN
02:41 - 06.639 ITS POSITION. YOU KNOW THAT
02:41 - 07.899 THEY DID THAT THEY DO ENJOY
02:41 - 09.479 UNDER WOULD BE DISMISSED.
02:41 - 12.049 RIGHT BECAUSE OF LINKS FOR
02:41 - 13.489 MIGHT NOT HAVE NEGOTIATED THAT
02:41 - 14.919 SCENE SETTLEMENT WITH CLAIMANT
02:41 - 16.059 IF IT KNEW
02:41 - 18.529 THAT ACCURATE. YOU KNOW CLAIM
02:41 - 19.969 WAS GOING TO SURVIVE.
02:41 - 23.509 AND CLEAN AND THE RESULT OF
02:41 - 24.539 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CLAIMING
02:41 - 24.989 IT WOULD HAVE
02:41 - 27.269 BEEN PREVENTED FROM ENTERING
02:41 - 28.599 INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT HE
02:41 - 30.759 WANTED TO RESOLVE IT FEELS IS
02:41 - 34.259 AN ENTITY THAT HE HAD NOT FILED
02:41 - 35.999 AGAINST WHICH SHE HAD NOT FILED
02:41 - 38.179 A CLAIM PETITION. CORRECT MEANT
02:41 - 39.799 FOR HE COULD HAVE.
02:41 - 42.639 >>AND ARE GONE. THE FULL
02:41 - 44.729 LITIGATION AND MADE OUT BETTER.
02:41 - 46.889 >>WELL THE NEVER KNOW OTHER
02:41 - 48.409 ISSUES THAT POTENTIALLY WE
02:41 - 49.389 HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE
02:41 - 51.059 MEDICAL ISSUES ON THE SCENE BUT
02:41 - 52.639 YOU NEVER KNOW YOU
02:41 - 53.899 NEVER KNOW AND THAT'S WHY THE
02:41 - 55.839 PARTIES THAT AT SOME LITIGATION
02:41 - 56.309 ASSESS
02:41 - 58.429 THE RISK ON TUESDAY AT THIS
02:41 - 59.629 POINT I DON'T THINK I DON'T
02:41 - 00.089 THINK ANY
02:42 - 02.829 OF US THIS UP WE ALL UNDERSTAND
02:42 - 04.129 THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE
02:42 - 06.739 A PARTY THAT WAS PRESIDENT'S BY
02:42 - 08.559 THAT ACTION. THE
02:42 - 09.929 MONEY BELONGS TO THEM THEY
02:42 - 13.459 SHOULD NOT HAVE P. AND YOU GUYS
02:42 - 14.189 KNEW THAT.
02:42 - 16.379 WAS THERE WAS A
02:42 - 17.569 DETERMINATION THAT THEY DIDN'T
02:42 - 19.719 IF THEY SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE
02:42 - 20.719 THEY ISSUED THE NOTICE OF
02:42 - 22.279 DENIAL FIRST AND THEN THEY
02:42 - 23.259 WEREN'T OBLIGATED TO
02:42 - 24.999 PAY IT. BUT THERE WAS NEVER A
02:42 - 26.349 FINDING THAT THEY WERE NOT AN
02:42 - 27.599 EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER THAN
02:42 - 27.969 PLANNED.
02:42 - 30.349 THANK YOU VERY
02:42 - 31.919 MUCH DOES THIS REALLY IS
02:42 - 34.089 INTERESTING SO HE HE WHEN YOU
02:42 - 35.199 AND I HEARD ONE THING I THINK
02:42 - 36.469 MORE EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE IN
02:42 - 37.499 THE OTHER CASE THOUGH
02:42 - 39.769 THANK YOU.
02:42 - 42.799 >>AND YOU HAD TO SAVE 2 MEN IN
02:42 - 44.389 THE R I I WOULD TEND TO BE VERY
02:42 - 45.629 QUICKLY BE JUST A COUPLE OF
02:42 - 46.019 THINGS.
02:42 - 47.849 >>WITH REGARD TO WHAT WILL
02:42 - 49.109 HAPPEN TO THE CASE REMAINED OF
02:42 - 49.999 THE IDEA TO ARGUE
02:42 - 52.899 OUR BRIEF. PROBABLY SAY HERE
02:42 - 54.449 TODAY THAT THE CASE WAS FULLY
02:42 - 56.149 GET IT I SAID THAT BECAUSE WE
02:42 - 57.539 DEPOSED AS I SAID NOT JUST THE
02:42 - 57.989 CLAIMANT
02:42 - 00.329 BUT WILLIAMS FORMER ENGINEER IS
02:43 - 02.189 VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS ON
02:43 - 03.449 THE QUESTION OF WHO IS THE
02:43 - 05.009 EMPLOYER BASED UPON THE FACTS
02:43 - 06.099 OF THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
02:43 - 07.949 IF THE RECORD IS REOPENED AND
02:43 - 09.019 THEY WANT TO DEVOTE SOMEBODY
02:43 - 09.929 ELSE. THEY'RE CERTAINLY FREE TO
02:43 - 10.509 DO SO
02:43 - 11.909 I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO
02:43 - 13.099 FIND SOMEBODY TO CONTRADICT
02:43 - 14.059 THEIR OWN VICE PRESIDENT
02:43 - 15.609 OPERATIONS THAT HAVE VISIT TO
02:43 - 17.259 THE SET POSITION IS THE CASE
02:43 - 18.399 CAN BE REMITTED IN THE RECORD
02:43 - 19.869 REOPENED WHATEVER ADDITIONAL
02:43 - 21.209 EVIDENCE THEY WANT TO OFFER WE
02:43 - 21.849 AGREE WITH THAT
02:43 - 24.509 WITH REGARD TO THE PROCEDURE
02:43 - 25.799 BEFORE THE WORKERS COMPENSATION
02:43 - 26.259 JUDGE.
02:43 - 29.239 THE APPROVAL OF A SETTLEMENT BY
02:43 - 30.399 MEANS OF A COMPROMISE OR LEASE
02:43 - 31.539 AGREEMENT REQUIRES THAT THERE
02:43 - 33.119 BE A PETITION TO SEEK APPROVAL
02:43 - 34.139 OF A COMPROMISE OR LEASE
02:43 - 35.369 AGREEMENT PENDING BEFORE THE
02:43 - 37.119 JUDGE WHEN WE SHOWED UP AT THE
02:43 - 39.649 FINAL HEARING TO OFFER ROB OVER
02:43 - 40.579 BECAUSE THEY'RE WITNESSES
02:43 - 42.399 DEPOSITION EVIDENCE AND LEARNED
02:43 - 43.949 THAT THERE WAS A COMPROMISE
02:43 - 44.719 RELEASE AGREEMENT THAT THEY
02:43 - 45.479 WANT TO PRESENT.
02:43 - 47.669 I OBJECTED, AND I SAID TO THE
02:43 - 48.849 JUDGE WELL THERE'S NO PETITION
02:43 - 50.499 PENDING BEFORE YOU TO SEEK
02:43 - 51.539 APPROVAL OF THAT COMPROMISE
02:43 - 52.309 RELEASE AGREEMENT
02:43 - 54.589 WHEREUPON THE HEARING WAS
02:43 - 56.429 CONTINUED SO THEY CAN SO THAT
02:43 - 57.679 THE CLAIM COULD FOLLOW SEPARATE
02:43 - 59.859 PETITION THAT SEPARATE PETITION
02:43 - 00.909 WAS SUBJECT TO A SEPARATE
02:44 - 02.829 HEARING THAT TRANSCRIPT IS NOT
02:44 - 04.379 PART OF THE RECORD THIS CASE TO
02:44 - 05.869 SEE AN ARGUMENT IS NOT PART OF
02:44 - 07.049 THE RECORD THIS CASE,
02:44 - 08.099 EVERYTHING YOU HEARD ABOUT IT
02:44 - 09.219 IS NOT PART OF THE RECORD THIS
02:44 - 10.719 CASE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE
02:44 - 11.989 FACT WHICH IS IT WAS
02:44 - 13.149 CONDITIONED UPON THE CLAIMANT
02:44 - 14.389 WITHDRAWING HIS CLAIM PETITION
02:44 - 14.719 AGAINST
02:44 - 17.629 MY CLIENT. SEPARATELY A HEARING
02:44 - 18.409 WAS CONDUCTED
02:44 - 19.909 FOR APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNMENT
02:44 - 21.209 TO RELEASE AT A SEPARATE
02:44 - 22.279 HEARING ON THE SAME DAY IN THE
02:44 - 24.059 SAME TIME THE SAME PLACE FOR
02:44 - 25.079 WITHDRAWAL OF THE CLAIM
02:44 - 26.999 PETITION AGAINST MY CLIENT OVER
02:44 - 28.429 OUR OBJECTION THAT'S THE
02:44 - 30.509 PROCEDURAL POSTURE. HOW OF HOW
02:44 - 32.019 WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE
02:44 - 34.139 VARIOUS PETITIONS BUT THE DOG
02:44 - 35.339 DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS,
02:44 - 37.229 TECHNICALLY WILLIAMS IS NOT AN
02:44 - 38.119 ACTUAL PART OF THE
02:44 - 39.679 CLAY SNOW 100 IN THE WORKERS
02:44 - 41.219 COMPENSATION PROCESS, IT'S A
02:44 - 42.599 LITTLE BIT SOON AS THE JOINT
02:44 - 43.979 PETITION IS FILED THEY ARE
02:44 - 45.189 AUTOMATICALLY A LOT OF IT
02:44 - 46.569 BEFORE AND THEY DID SHOW UP AT
02:44 - 47.579 THE DEPOSITIONS OF
02:44 - 49.249 THE CLAIMANT AND THEIR OWN
02:44 - 52.419 VERBEEK AND IT ALL HEARING SO
02:44 - 52.779 THEY WERE
02:44 - 54.719 A PARTY HAS INTO
02:44 - 56.369 WASN'T GRAHAM THE JOINT WAS ALL
02:44 - 58.479 TOO OFTEN NOT GRANTED THE UNDER
02:44 - 59.639 THAT THEORY THAT'S HOW THEY'RE
02:44 - 00.449 ABLE TO.
02:45 - 02.589 >>SUBMIT THE COMPROMISE AND
02:45 - 04.069 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THEY
02:45 - 05.419 REQUIRE A SEPARATE PETITION BE
02:45 - 06.789 FOUGHT AGAINST THEM AT THAT
02:45 - 08.069 POINT AND SO.
02:45 - 09.609 >>DURING THIS TIME.
02:45 - 14.219 CONTINUE THE HEARING ENABLED
02:45 - 17.039 A SEPARATE WE TITIAN TO SEEK
02:45 - 18.949 APPROVAL OF THIS CNR
02:45 - 21.029 BUT WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE
02:45 - 23.439 DEPOSITION THAT YOU WANTED TO.
02:45 - 26.129 FOR DURING THAT TIME THAT'S
02:45 - 27.069 CORRECT. THE JUDGE WAS GOING TO
02:45 - 27.959 ACCEPT THAT DEPOSITION
02:45 - 28.959 TRANSCRIPT AND THE RECORD IS
02:45 - 30.029 CLEAR THAT YOU WANTED TO WAIT
02:45 - 30.399 UNTIL SHE
02:45 - 31.029 RULED ON.
02:45 - 34.109 >>MY OBJECTION OF TO THE
02:45 - 35.539 WITHDRAWAL OF THE VISION
02:45 - 37.649 COUNCIL JOINED OR PARTITION
02:45 - 40.269 HAVE INCLUDED ALL OF THE FACTS
02:45 - 42.069 NECESSARY TO SHOW THAT THEY IN
02:45 - 43.229 FACT MORE.
02:45 - 44.909 >>THE CORRECT.
02:45 - 47.089 >>WELL
02:45 - 48.789 THE JOINT A PETITION, THIS IS
02:45 - 50.639 THE SKELETAL FORM OKAY THAT THE
02:45 - 51.729 BUREAU OF WORKERS COMPENSATION
02:45 - 53.249 PROVIDES JUST ON THE NAMES OF
02:45 - 54.899 THE PARTIES AND YOU'RE JOINING
02:45 - 56.249 IN TO THE TO THE JOINING THE
02:45 - 58.479 PARTY IS OKAY SO THAT THE THAT
02:45 - 59.599 THAT'S NOT THERE YOU HAVE TO
02:45 - 00.539 DEVELOP THAT ALL THROUGH
02:46 - 01.939 EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY AND
02:46 - 03.299 HEARINGS AND DEPOSITIONS NOT IN
02:46 - 06.469 FACT FACT WITH SOME TIME TO
02:46 - 07.279 ATTEND THAT IT IS.
02:46 - 09.429 I JUST WANT TO BE VERY BRIEF.
02:46 - 10.349 I THINK I'M JUST ABOUT OUT OF
02:46 - 12.099 TIME YES I MAY BE OUT OF TIME
02:46 - 14.199 SO WE GO FAST IF I MEAN THERE
02:46 - 15.309 ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO
02:46 - 16.389 KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE SOME
02:46 - 17.539 FACTS THAT ARE CLEAR
02:46 - 19.009 IN THE RECORD THAT AREN'T IN
02:46 - 20.789 DISPUTE NUMBER ONE THE CLAIMANT
02:46 - 21.989 WITH SOME BUDDIES EMPLOYEE.
02:46 - 23.169 THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT
02:46 - 24.839 SOMEBODY PLEASE HOURS WHERE
02:46 - 26.649 THERE'S NUMBER 2 THE CLIMATE
02:46 - 27.699 WAS INJURED IN THE COURSE OF
02:46 - 29.649 HIS EMPLOYMENT. AND NUMBER
02:46 - 30.799 3 THE MEDICAL BILL WE'RE
02:46 - 32.409 TALKING ABOUT WAS ATTENDED TO
02:46 - 34.159 TREATMENT FOR THAT INJURY WE
02:46 - 35.919 DID TONIGHT IN THE NOSE COUGH
02:46 - 37.019 STATION TONIGHT WAS ORIGINALLY
02:46 - 38.569 FILED BUT HE WAS IN THE COURSE
02:46 - 39.279 OF HIS EMPLOYMENT.
02:46 - 41.399 THERE ARE SOME STRANGE FACTS
02:46 - 42.799 THAT ARE SET FORTH IN OUR BRIEF
02:46 - 44.119 BOTH OF THE BRIEFS EXPLAIN WHY
02:46 - 44.919 THAT'S THE CASE BUT HIS
02:46 - 46.619 TESTIMONY MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT
02:46 - 47.849 WAS A COURSE OF EMPLOYMENT
02:46 - 49.039 INJURY. SO
02:46 - 52.019 NUMBER 4. THERE'S NO QUESTION
02:46 - 53.119 THAT BY THE TIME HE TESTIFIED
02:46 - 54.989 IN MAY OF 2019 HE WAS ALREADY
02:46 - 55.219 BACK
02:46 - 57.149 TO WORK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A
02:46 - 58.489 RELATIVELY BRIEF CLOSE PERIOD
02:46 - 00.409 DISABILITY WITH SOME TREATMENTS
02:47 - 00.719 WORKING
02:47 - 02.149 FOR WILLIAMS WORKING FOR
02:47 - 03.419 WILLIAMS THAT HE TESTIFIED I'M
02:47 - 04.649 BACK TO WORK FOR WILLIAMS OR
02:47 - 05.709 HIS LAWYER SAID HE'S BACK TO
02:47 - 06.819 WORK FOR WILLIAMS, HE WANTS TO
02:47 - 07.179 GET ON WITH
02:47 - 09.129 HIS LIFE. HE WAS ALWAYS WORKING
02:47 - 10.249 FOR WILLIAMS WANTED TO GET ON
02:47 - 11.099 WITH HIS LIFE. THE
02:47 - 13.069 ONLY THING THAT'S OUTSTANDING
02:47 - 15.089 IS THIS $44,000 BILL.
02:47 - 16.759 THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S
02:47 - 18.279 THAT THAT HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED.
02:47 - 21.469 AND YOU KNOW WHEN THE CLAIM AND
02:47 - 23.519 SAYS WE WANT HE ASSESSES RISK
02:47 - 25.059 HIS WRIST WAS I'M BACK TO WORK.
02:47 - 27.269 I DON'T REALLY HAVE THIS BILL
02:47 - 28.699 YOU KNOW HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
02:47 - 29.979 RATING BECAUSE OF HIS INSURANCE
02:47 - 30.979 CARRIER PAID.
02:47 - 32.949 >>WELL WE NEVER GOT THAT POINT
02:47 - 34.209 IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THAT
02:47 - 34.809 REQUIRES US TO
02:47 - 37.299 GET TO PART OF THE 4 WEEKS AGO
02:47 - 38.439 AND NOW I SUPPOSE IF THERE'S A
02:47 - 41.139 RECURRENCE OF THIS INJURY WOULD
02:47 - 43.699 ACCURATE WELL I GUESS THERE'S
02:47 - 45.309 NO WELL HE'S HE'S
02:47 - 46.879 HE WITHDREW. I GUESS IT WAS
02:47 - 47.799 SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE
02:47 - 49.449 COMPROMISE AND SCREAMING WHICH
02:47 - 51.529 WE DON'T KNOW OK SO THANK YOU
02:47 - 52.679 VERY OK, THANK YOU.