Pennsylvania Work Comp News

The latest news about workers compensation in Pennsylvania.
- The Commonwealth Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the modification of his disability benefits from total to partial. Case: Dennell v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 77 C.D. 2023, 11/17/2023,…
- The Commonwealth Court ruled that where a former employee’s occupational disease is not compensable, he is not subject to the exclusive remedies defined in the Occupational Disease Act and may proceed…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s review and reinstatement petitions, filed more than three years after his last payment of compensation, were time-barred. Case: Keffer v. Colfax Corp.,…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker failed to prove the kind of “extraordinary circumstances” that could allow the reinstatement of his total disability benefits as of…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for an injury that happened while climbing into a vehicle after he had clocked out for the…
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on whether a provider seeking payment for an injured worker’s prescriptions may initiate litigation outside the forums established by the Workers’ Compensation Act and…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a limited description of a worker's injuries and a finding that she had fully recovered from them. Marie Dennis worked as a certified nurse assistant with Inglis House.
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on a dispute on whether an occupational disease that manifests more than four years after an employee's last exposure to hazards…
- The U.S. Department of Labor said a Pennsylvania candy maker failed to evacuate employees after some reported smelling gas before a March 2023 explosion that killed seven workers at the…
- The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of a worker’s request for penalties against his employer despite the company's undisputed violation of state the Workers’ Compensation Act. Case: Jeantel v. Success…
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