Francis Wickersham on Employee Benefits

Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claim by Police Officer: E-Time Payments Not Evidence of...

Terry Stewart v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB); No. 490 C.D. 2024; filed April 15, 2025; Judge Fizzano Cannon - The claimant contends that he contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty. Following his diagnosis, he was...more

6/25/2025 / Appeals , Compensation & Benefits , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Employee Benefits , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Pennsylvania , State Labor Laws , Workers' Compensation Claim

Commonwealth Court Clarifies Scope of IREs, Orders Remand in Light of Duffey Decision

Del Val Home Improvements v. Gaw; No. 1117 C.D. 2022; filed March 19, 2025; Judge Wojcik - In a case hinging on the interpretation of impairment rating evaluations (IREs) under the Act, the Commonwealth Court has ordered a...more

5/12/2025 / Appeals , Compensation & Benefits , Employee Benefits , Employer Responsibilities , Employment Litigation , Impairment Rating Evaluations (IREs) , Physicians , SCOTUS , State Labor Laws , Workers’ Compensation , Workplace Injury

Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of Reinstatement and Penalty Petitions in COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Case

William Bolds v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB); No. 488 C.D. 2024; filed February 25, 2025; Senior Judge Leavitt - A former police officer’s attempt to reinstate workers’ compensation benefits following a COVID-19 diagnosis was...more

4/14/2025 / Appeals , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Employee Benefits , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , State Labor Laws , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workers’ Compensation

Claimant’s Appeal Was Insufficient, Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Wage Reduction Stands

Bob Evans Restaurants LLC v. Robert Schriver (WCAB); No. 158 C.D. 2024; filed March 11, 2025; Senior Judge Leavitt - The Commonwealth Court reversed a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, reinstating a judge’s...more

4/11/2025 / Compensation & Benefits , Employee Benefits , Employer Liability Issues , Employer Responsibilities , State Labor Laws , Wage and Hour , Wages , Workers’ Compensation , Workplace Injury

Claimant’s Receipt of Administrative Time While Out Due to COVID-19 is Not Payment in Lieu of Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Jaime Brown v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB); No: 465 C.D. 2024; filed January 17, 2025 - In November 2020, the claimant, a police officer, was out of work for a physical injury. He returned to restricted-duty work on November...more

2/28/2025 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Employee Benefits , Wage and Hour , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workers’ Compensation , Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB)

Claimant’s Average Weekly Wage Was Properly Calculated Based on a 40-hour Work Week, Even Though He Only Worked a Total of 10 Days...

County of Allegheny v. Michael Marzano (WCAB); No 1111 C.D. 2022; filed Dec. 24, 2024 - The claimant was employed by the employer as a corrections officer. He filed a Claim Petition alleging that on July 27, 2018, he was...more

2/27/2025 / Bodily Injury , Collective Bargaining , Compensation & Benefits , Employee Benefits , Employees , Employment Litigation , Wage and Hour , Workers' Compensation Claim , Workplace Injury

Under Section 410 of the Act, the Claimant’s Widow Was Not Barred From Receiving a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Award of Specific...

Elmer Riehl v. Beiler Brothers, LLC (WCAB); No. 1563 C.D. 2023; Filed November 18, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On October 11, 2011, the claimant sustained a work injury in the nature of incomplete tetraplegia (paralysis of...more

1/24/2025 / Disabilities , Employee Benefits , Employment Litigation , Temporary Total Disability , Workers’ Compensation , Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) , Workplace Injury

Temporary Total Disability Benefits Were Properly Reinstated as of the Date Claimant Filed a Protz Constitutional Challenge, and...

Howard Dunetz v. Charles H. Sacks, D.M.D., P.C. (WCAB); No. 302 C.D. 2022; filed Oct. 26, 2023; Judge Cohn Jubelirer - The claimant sustained a work injury in May 2007. Subsequently, the status of his benefits was changed...more

12/19/2023 / Disability Benefits , Employee Benefits , Impairment Rating Evaluations (IREs) , Workers’ Compensation , Workplace Injury

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