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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 […]
Opposition Mounts Against Proposed Sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese Multinational Company
Opposition Mounts Against Proposed Sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese Multinational Company

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A gaggle of union labor leaders, politicians, and political economists are voicing strong opposition to the proposed sale of U.S. Steel, the company founded in 1901 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., […]
Sticker Shock Prompts Pa. Court to Blackball Red Book Average Wholesale Prices
Sticker Shock Prompts Pa. Court to Blackball Red Book Average Wholesale Prices

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Anyone who's ever paid for expensive prescriptions has probably felt a degree of "sticker shock" when footing the bill. But in Federated Insurance Co. v. Summit Pharmacy, No. 115 C.D. 2023 […]
What Do You Think: Could Temp Pinned by Mechanical Arm Sue Assigned Employer?
What Do You Think: Could Temp Pinned by Mechanical Arm Sue Assigned Employer?

Wilkes-Barre, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers with workers’ compensation coverage are generally immune to negligence lawsuits for work-related injuries. But what happens if the worker is hired by and paid by an employment agency, but sent […]
Employees Killed in Workplace Accidents
Employees Killed in Workplace Accidents

Leacock Township, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Several employees were killed in on-the-job accidents last week including one who was killed when the inn she was working in exploded. John E. Smucker, II, owner of the Bird-in-Hand […]
What Do You Think: May Driver Recover Benefits for Truck Fire that Sparked his PTSD?
What Do You Think: May Driver Recover Benefits for Truck Fire that Sparked his PTSD?

Dubois, PA (WorkersCompensation.com)– In Pennsylvania, an employee with a psychic injury may have a compensable injury within the meaning of the workers’ compensation act. But he’ll have to show that the injury resulted from an […]
Glossary Check: Pa. ‘Statutory Employer’ Doctrine 
Glossary Check: Pa. ‘Statutory Employer’ Doctrine 

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 […]