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What Do You Think: Did Job Stress Fuel Truck Driver’s Fatal Heart Attack?
What Do You Think: Did Job Stress Fuel Truck Driver’s Fatal Heart Attack?

Mechanicsburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – When an employee has a fatal heart attack on the job, the event may or may not be job-related for purposes of workers’ compensation benefits. As one case shows, the outcome […]
Pa. Top Court will Consider Cannabis, Lower Court found it Covered under Comp Act
Pa. Top Court will Consider Cannabis, Lower Court found it Covered under Comp Act

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Last week, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted a Petition for Allowance of Appeal in Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides and Rassias, PC, 2024 WL 1873090 (Pa. 04/30/24). When the case comes […]
What Do You Think: Was Parking Lot Tumble after Grabbing Pizza to Go ‘In the Course Of’ Employment?
What Do You Think: Was Parking Lot Tumble after Grabbing Pizza to Go ‘In the Course Of’ Employment?

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Pennsylvania, an injury must arise in the course of employment to be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. That can include a situation where the employee, though not strictly engaged […]
What Do You Think: Did Probation Officer Lose Job Because She Left Work for Embryo Transfer?
What Do You Think: Did Probation Officer Lose Job Because She Left Work for Embryo Transfer?

Lebanon, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) An employee claiming FMLA retaliation may continue with her lawsuit, even if her employer points to a valid basis for firing her. However, the employee will have to first show that her […]
What Do You Think: Did ‘Double Whammy’ of Heat, Physical Labor, Fuel Roadside Mechanic’s Heart Attack? 
What Do You Think: Did ‘Double Whammy’ of Heat, Physical Labor, Fuel Roadside Mechanic’s Heart Attack? 

Greencastle, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an employee has a heart attack at work, there is always the question of whether his job activities, rather than his personal habits and physical health, caused the attack.   As […]
Do You Know the Rule? Pa. Compensability of Psychological Injuries
Do You Know the Rule? Pa. Compensability of Psychological Injuries

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Not every injury is readily apparent. Some injuries may manifest as depression, anxiety, or PTSD. In Pennsylvania, employees seeking workers’ compensation benefits for a mental injury arising from something stressful at […]
Switch from Total to Partial doesn’t Violate Pa. Officer’s Constitutional Rights
Switch from Total to Partial doesn’t Violate Pa. Officer’s Constitutional Rights

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While an injured worker certainly has an interest in receiving her workers' compensation benefits, does she have a vested property interest in them? Not according to the court in Farmbry v. […]
What Do You Think: Was Trucker with Back Injury his Transportation Broker’s ‘Employee’?
What Do You Think: Was Trucker with Back Injury his Transportation Broker’s ‘Employee’?

New Hope, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) Employees can wear many hats. But does a company hat make a worker an “employee?” Along with a few factors that are especially relevant to distinguishing which truckers are employees, and […]