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Perry D. Merlo

4.4
1 review

200 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300, Camp Hill, PA 17011

Workers' Compensation Defense

About Perry D. Merlo

Perry is a seasoned attorney with nearly 35 years of experience representing employers and insurers in workers’ compensation matters across Pennsylvania. His clients span a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, retail, national restaurant chains, higher education, and health care.

Perry is an accomplished litigator who has successfully defended clients before Workers’ Compensation Judges, the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He has also delivered oral arguments before each of these judicial bodies.

A respected contributor to the workers’ compensation community, Perry has authored articles for the Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly on subjects such as mental stress, specific loss and fatal claims, and Supersedeas Fund Reimbursement. He is often invited to present to employers and insurance carriers on key issues impacting workers’ compensation law and practice.

Before joining Marshall Dennehey, Perry was a shareholder at a Harrisburg-area law firm. He has served as Secretary of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Dauphin County Bar Association and as an official for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association from 2019 to 2021.

Classes & Seminars Taught

•'Workers' Compensation Case Law Update,' yearly client update, 2014-2025
•'Avoiding Litigation,' Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Conference, 2019

Published Works

•'For All Practical Intents and Purposes, The Burden of Proof in Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Specific Loss Cases,' Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section Newsletter, December 2012
•'Employers' Right to Reimbursement in Workers' Compensation Supersedeas Cases,' Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, October 2011
•'Mental Stress Claims in Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Cases: Weapons as a Factor in Determining the Compensability of Psychic Injuries,' Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, October 2010
•'Leveling the Playing Field Relative to Disfigurement Awards,' Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Newsletter, December 2009
•'A Bad Day at Work: Contrasting Occupational Disease Fatal Claims and 'Disease as Injury' Fatal Claims,' Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, April 2009
•'The Workers' Compensation Supersedeas Fund Reimbursement Game: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul,' Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, October 2007
•'Putting a Price on Scarring' Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Disfigurement Awards,' Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, October 2006
•'Recent Developments in Workers' Compensation Supersedeas Fund Reimbursement,' Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, July 2005
•'The Changing Burden of Proof in Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Mental Injury Claims, 1972-2004,' Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, July 2004

News

Marshall Dennehey Bolsters Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Team With Strategic Additions of Perry D. Merlo and Andrew W. Maffett in Harrisburg

November 6, 2025

Events

Conference

25th Annual Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Conference

May 28-29, 2026

Hershey, PA

Kacey C. Wiedt, Shannon Fellin, Perry D. Merlo, and Ryan A. Hauck

 

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Areas of Law

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    • Workers' Compensation Defense

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Marshall Dennehey
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Cases & Matters: Department of Labor & Industry, Bureau of Workers' Compensation v. WCAB(Crawford), 23 A.3d 511 (Pa 2011) - Secured $30,000 supersedeas recovery for client
    established favorable case law for employers allowing for supersedeas reimbursement on medical bills incurred before supersedeas requested, but paid after denial of supersedeas.
    Kramer v. WCAB (Rite Aid Corporation), 584 Pa. 309 (Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 2005) - Secured credit for severance benefits paid by employer as credit against workers' compensation benefits paid by workers' compensation carrier.
  • Additional Links
    https://marshalldennehey.com/attorneys/perry-d-merlo

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1990, Pennsylvania
    1991, United States District Fourt for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
    Memberships

    Associations & memberships

    American Bar Association
    Dauphin County Bar Association
    Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Penn State Dickinson Law
    Class of 1990
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Elizabethtown College
    Class of 1987
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1965
    Newark, Ohio, June 11, 1965

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