Case File The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that physicians' referring workers' compensation claimants to a pharmacy in which the physicians had a financial interest didn't violate the state's anti-referral statute because "prescription drugs" and "pharmaceutical […]

Bits & Pieces What happens in Pennsylvania if a worker's goofing off is the reason he got hurt on the job? Is the injury still compensable? As Simply Research subscribers know, the Keystone State has […]

Glossary Check Fraud might feel like of those "I-know-it-when-I-see-it" kinds of things, but determining whether or not certain conduct counts as workers' compensation "fraud" under legal definitions can prove pivotal to a worker's future. Thanks […]

Safety at Work Scranton, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The family of a Lowe’s employee shot and killed on the job in June said in a lawsuit his death was “entirely preventable.” Jeffrey Moeller was shot and […]

Safety at Work Altoona, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The family and co-workers of a nurse attacked by a patient in Pennsylvania have raised more than $40,000 to help with his care. Travis Dunn, a University of […]

Labor Landscape Workers are still being locked out of their jobs at Greco Steel’s Springdale, Pa., headquarters as some employees continued their yearlong struggle for a contract with the company.  Nine of the company’s 16 […]

Case File Although performing CPR on people, including children, who might not pull through isn't beyond what a firefighter might expect on the job, witnessing the deaths of two babies in a 16-month period following […]

What Do You Think? Employers in Pennsylvania must file an answer to a workers’ compensation claim within 20 days of receiving it. But what happens when weather or some other event outside of the employer’s […]