Monday, November 10, 2003

Commonwealth's Contributions to PSERS Are Not Offset From W.C. Benefits

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In Pittsburgh Board of Education v. WCAB (Dancho) the issue was offset for pension contributions of the Commonwealth to the Public School E...
Saturday, November 08, 2003

Claimant Cannot Reinstate By Offering Evidence That He Could Never Do The Job In The Prior Modification

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In R. Williams v. WCAB (Hahnemann University Hospital) the Claimant was modified by Order of the WCJ, then petitioned for reinstatement aft...

Commonwealth Court Holds No Pension Offset Unless Employer is Self-Insured

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In Welliver McGuire, Inc. v. WCAB (Padgett) the Commonwealth Court addressed the argument that an Employer is not entitled to offset for a ...
Friday, November 07, 2003

Commonwealth Court Remands Case to Board to Explain How the Range of Weeks Most Judges Would Award For Disfigurement is Arrived At

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In Lord & Taylor v. WCAB (Bufford) the record supported only a finding that a scar that is three-quarters of an inch to an inch in leng...
Thursday, November 06, 2003

Treatment of Low Back Pain News

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The World Health Organization released a report entitled The Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions at the Start of the New millennium . The ...
Monday, November 03, 2003

No Specific Loss of Foot When Ankle is Useless

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In Maple Creek Mining Co. v. WCAB (Bakos) the Employer moved to suspend benefits alleging the Claimant's ankle injury resolved into a s...
Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Commonwealth Court Reviews Several Issues of Competency of Utilization Reviews

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In M. Haynes v. WCAB (City of Chester) The Claimant took his doctor's testimony in support of physical therapy his doctor prescribed. ...
Monday, October 20, 2003

Issue in Gibson v. WCAB (Armco Stainless & Alloy Products) is the Standard of Proof of Asbestos Exposure

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I was provided the .pdf of Gibson v. WCAB (Armco Stainless & Alloy Products), the unreported decision of the Commonwealth Court on which...
Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Claim Petition Available Online

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The Claim Petition for Workers' Compensation Benefits is now available to complete and file online at the Bureau of Workers' Compen...
Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Status of OSHA Regualtion of Repetitive Stress Injuries

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An article in the Washington Post details the debate about reporting of repetitive stress injuries. The OSHA rule requiring reporting pass...

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Granted with Grant of Supersedeas, But The Unreported Commonwealth Court Opinion Posting Has Expired

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The Supreme Court granted a Petition for Alllowance of Appeal and granted supersedeas in Gibson v. WCAB (Armco Stainless & Alloy Product...
Wednesday, October 08, 2003

SWIF Unsuccessful In Voiding Policy On Allegation Of Employer Misrepresentation

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In SWIF v. WCAB (Hering, et al.) the Claimant was found by the WCJ to be an employee of the Employer while working as a parcel delivery per...