Pennsylvania Work Comp News

The latest news about workers compensation in Pennsylvania.
- Add Pennsylvania to the list of states where employers can be required to reimburse injured workers for cannabis when the drug is determined to be a reasonable and necessary treatment…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an occupational disease that manifests more than four years after an employee's last exposure to hazards causing that disease is not subject to…
- A divided Pennsylvania Superior Court, sitting en banc, ruled that an insurance carrier could not take an immediate appeal of a trial judge’s denial of its petition to intervene in a…
- The Pennsylvania Superior Court relieved a general contractor of liability for a $5,6 million jury verdict in favor of an injured worker, finding the contractor was the worker’s statutory employer. The…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office does not have the statutory authority to order reimbursement for overpayment of medical services. Case: Philadelphia…
- A divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a pharmacy’s application for fee review were not prematurely filed, even though the carrier contested the causal relatedness of the medication furnished…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer cannot offset an overpayment of workers' compensation benefits paid for one work-related injury through a credit against an award of benefits…
- A Pennsylvania man injured while trying to break up a fight at a state juvenile detention center where he worked is not entitled to reimbursement for workers’ compensation litigation costs,…
- Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced that the Joint Task Force on Misclassification of Employees submitted its final report to the General Assembly, including 15 unanimous…
- The exclusive remedy of workers’ compensation should preclude a Home Depot worker who was bitten by a customer’s dog from pursuing a negligence claim for allegedly failing to identify the…
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