York County, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A police officer was killed and four staff members were injured after a gunman took hostages and opened fire inside a Pennsylvania hospital Feb. 22. Officials said the gunman, Diogenes […]

Quick Hits Just what exactly does subrogation mean when it comes to Pennsylvania's workers' insurance fund? Here's how law in the commonwealth spells it out. Fund Subrogation In every case where a claim is made […]

Do You Know The Rule? The general rule in Pennsylvania is that an employee cannot sue his employer for personal injury arising from his employment.  Pennsylvania’s “personal animus” exception makes it possible to sue for […]

What Do You Think? Boothwyn, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Comments and texts from supervisors can sometimes support an employee’s claim of retaliation. But as a case involving a Walmart store manager shows, the employee still needs to […]

What Do You Think? Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits due to COVID-19 sometimes seek to extend those benefits based on symptoms of “long-COVID.”  It can be hard for doctors to objectively […]

What Do You Think? Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an employee sues for FMLA retaliation, one of the biggest hurdles she must clear is showing that her exercise of FMLA rights caused her employer to […]

Case File Although a literal take on a statute in Pennsylvania would have deprived a worker of benefits after he returned to work part-time after retiring, context and the "absurdity doctrine," pointed in favor of […]

by Robert S. Stickley, Esq. and Connor J. Thomson, CPCU, WRP  Statutory Language and Case Law  An emerging, highly disturbing trend in Pennsylvania first-party disputes is plaintiffs alleging that insurance companies acted in bad faith […]