Pennsylvania Work Comp News
The latest news about workers compensation in Pennsylvania.
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker had fully recovered from an aggravation of the degenerative condition of her cervical spine. Case: Rathfon v. Rite Aid Corp.
- The Workers Compensation Research Institute says Pennsylvania's medical costs per claim rose by 11% in 2025, according to a recent study. Sebastian Negrusa “This is the third consecutive year of growth in…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylania upheld the denial of a self-represented worker’s claim that she was injured by sitting in an uncomfortable position while working from home during the COVID-19…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejects procedural challenge to Act 111, as well as repetitive challenges to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. Sherri M. Connelly worked…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to include complex regional pain syndrome, but not a lumbar spine condition. Case: Prism Contractors Inc. v. Attwood (WCAB),…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s challenge to a judge’s decision not to recuse herself was not immediately appealable. Case: Lonjuin v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania…
- The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a brickmaker in Pennsylvania nearly half a million dollars for allegedly knowingly exposing its workers to unsafe levels of respirable silica dust. OSHA said…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a workers’ compensation judge erred in addressing an employer’s termination petition and two utilization review petitions before holding a hearing on the approval of…
- The Commonwealth Court ruled that a police officer’s claim for benefits based on his contraction of COVID-19 was barred by res judicata. Case: Bolds v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 179…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker had suffered a work-related aggravation of a preexisting condition that had resolved. Case: Sewell v. United Parcel Service (WCAB), No. 1086…
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