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Did Rehash of Termination Petition Require Employer to Pay Claimant’s Legal Fees?
Did Rehash of Termination Petition Require Employer to Pay Claimant’s Legal Fees?

Employers that hope to terminate an individual’s workers’ compensation benefits based on the employee’s voluntary withdrawal from the workforce need to think carefully before taking that step. Filing a petition to stop benefits could end […]
Officer, Gunman Dead, 5 Injured in Pa. Hospital Shooting
Officer, Gunman Dead, 5 Injured in Pa. Hospital Shooting

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 […]
What’s the Subrogation Rule for the Pa. Workers’ Insurance Fund?
What’s the Subrogation Rule for the Pa. Workers’ Insurance Fund?

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 […]
What is Pennsylvania’s ‘Personal Animus’ Exception?  
What is Pennsylvania’s ‘Personal Animus’ Exception?  

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 […]
Did Supervisor’s Text, Comments Show Walmart Manager Lost Job due to Retaliation?
Did Supervisor’s Text, Comments Show Walmart Manager Lost Job due to Retaliation?

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 […]
Did Nurse’s ‘Plandemic’ Comments Justify Ending Benefits for Long-COVID?
Did Nurse’s ‘Plandemic’ Comments Justify Ending Benefits for Long-COVID?

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 […]
Does Supervisor’s ‘Weirdness’ Show Nurse Lost Job Because of FMLA Leave?
Does Supervisor’s ‘Weirdness’ Show Nurse Lost Job Because of FMLA Leave?

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 […]
Despite Pension, Worker Could Claim Benefits in Post-retirement Job
Despite Pension, Worker Could Claim Benefits in Post-retirement Job

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 […]