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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds That the Compensation Rate for Specific Loss Benefits is Controlled by Section 306(c) of the Act,...

Jennifer Jackiw v. Soft Pretzel Franchise (WCAB); No. 3 EAP 2024; decided January 22, 2025 - This case involved a claimant who crushed her arm in a pretzel machine while working for the employer. Eventually, she needed to...more

2/28/2025 / Bodily Injury , Compensation & Benefits , Disability , Disability Benefits , Employment Litigation , Pennsylvania , State Labor Laws , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workers’ Compensation , Workplace Injury

Claimant’s Conversation With Fellow Firefighter About Act 46 Cancer Presumption Was Not the Date He Became Aware of His Cancer’s...

West Conshohocken Borough v. David Markland (WCAB); No. 1382 C.D. 2022; filed Jan. 2, 2025 - This case involved a Claim Petition filed based on an occupational disease. The claimant worked as a firefighter and filed an Act 46...more

2/27/2025 / Bodily Injury , Cancer , Claim Procedures , Disability Benefits , Employer Liability Issues , First Responders , Notice Requirements , Occupational Exposure , Permanent Disability , Workers' Compensation Claim

Act 111 is Not an Unconstitutional Special Law Regulating Labor, and an IRE Physician’s Evaluation is Competent to Support a...

Stephen Conrad v. Department of Transportation (WCAB); No. 557 C.D. 2022; filed Feb. 26, 2024; Judge McCullough - The claimant underwent an Impairment Rating Evaluation (IRE) on September 20, 2011, following a July 5, 2005,...more

5/31/2024 / Constitutional Challenges , Disability , Disability Benefits , Impairment Rating Evaluations (IREs) , Reinstatement , Workplace Injury

Temporary Total Disability Benefits Were Properly Reinstated as of the Date Claimant Filed a Protz Constitutional Challenge, and...

Howard Dunetz v. Charles H. Sacks, D.M.D., P.C. (WCAB); No. 302 C.D. 2022; filed Oct. 26, 2023; Judge Cohn Jubelirer - The claimant sustained a work injury in May 2007. Subsequently, the status of his benefits was changed...more

12/19/2023 / Disability Benefits , Employee Benefits , Impairment Rating Evaluations (IREs) , Workers’ Compensation , Workplace Injury

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