Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under Pennsylvania’s exclusive remedy rule, employees who are injured on the job are generally limited to seeking compensation through the workers’ compensation act. If the employer has workers’ compensation coverage, the […]

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Pennsylvania, when deciding whether an injury “arises out of employment,” courts apply the “positional-risk test.”  General Standard for Compensability  A Pennsylvania worker who suffers an accidental injury "arising out of […]

Tamaqua, PA (WorkersCompensation.com)–In Pennsylvania, a worker who is not engaging in work activities but is on his employer’s premises and is required by the nature of his employment to be there may be entitled to […]

Doylestown, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – When it comes to workers’ compensation benefits, an employee is generally out of luck if he doesn’t notify his employer of his injury within the state-mandated period. In Harris v. County […]

King of Prussia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Pennsylvania, an employer may file a petition to stop or reduce an employee’s workers’ compensation benefits if there has been a change in the employee’s medical condition or […]

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Regular readers of our Daily Headlines have surely noticed that something that often happens in a workers' compensation case is that a claimant will appeal the workers' compensation judge's decision to […]

Souderton, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Pennsylvania, injured workers who are entitled to the purchase price of a wheelchair or other orthopedic device may also be entitled to the cost of home modifications necessary to use […]

Jersey Shore, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Another Dollar General store has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration of workplace safety violations. According to OSHA, a company initiated an inspection […]