Pioneer Construction Company, Inc., Eastern Alliance Insurance Company, and employers Alliance, Inc. v. Insight Pharmaceuticals, LLC d/b/a Insight Pharmacy; No. 867 C.D. 2022; filed May 12, 2025; Judge Covey - A workers’...more
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
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Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Litigation ,
Impairment Rating Evaluations (IREs) ,
Physicians ,
SCOTUS ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workers’ Compensation ,
Workplace Injury
City of Philadelphia and PMA Management Corp. v. John Bell; No. 648 C.D. 2024; filed April 2, 2025; Judge Wallace - The Commonwealth Court upheld a decision refusing to set aside a Medical-Only Notice of Compensation Payable...more
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
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
Matthew Grow v. PECO Energy Company (WCAB); No. 63 C.D. 2024; filed January 8, 2025 - The claimant sustained a work injury to his neck in 2013. After he returned to work in January 2014, his benefits were suspended. Later, in...more
2/28/2025
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Disability ,
Employees ,
Employment Litigation ,
Indemnity ,
Reinstatement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workers’ Compensation ,
Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) ,
Workplace Injury
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
Jennifer Jackiw v. Soft Pretzel Franchise (WCAB); No. 3 EAP 2024; decided January 22, 2025 - This case involved a claimant who crushed her arm in a pretzel machine while working for the employer. Eventually, she needed to...more
City of Philadelphia v. Wayne Deloatch and Independence Blue Cross (WCAB); Independence Blue Cross v. City of Philadelphia and Wayne Deloatch (WCAB); No. 541 C.D. 2022 and No. 589 C.D. 2022; Filed Dec. 24, 2024 - Wayne...more
2/27/2025
/ Appellate Courts ,
Cancer ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Medical Bills ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Subrogation ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workers’ Compensation
Martha Garduno Mondragon v. Jo Jo Pizza (WCAB); No. 174 C.D. 2024; filed Jan. 6, 2025 - This case involved a claimant who sustained work injuries as a result of a slip and fall on ice in the employer’s parking lot. A Claim...more
Borough of Hollidaysburg v. Paul Detwiler (WCAB); No. 739 C.D. 2023; Filed November 19, 2024; Judge Wolf - The claimant was a firefighter who developed chronic myeloid leukemia that was diagnosed in 2014. He learned his...more
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. Commonwealth Court holds that an employer’s failure to reimburse a claimant for out-of-pocket payments for CBD oil is in violation of the Act. Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides & Rassias, Pa. C. (WCAB), 305 A.3d 1137 (Pa....more
12/27/2024
/ Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Health Insurance ,
Medical Expenses ,
Out-of-Pocket Expenses ,
Pennsylvania ,
Traveling Employee ,
Workers Compensation Act ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workers’ Compensation ,
Workplace Injury
Jerry Mercer v. Active Radiator MPN, Inc. (WCAB); No. 1326 C.D. 2023; filed June 3, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On August 24, 2018, the claimant advised the employer that he had sustained a work-related injury due to lead...more
700 Pharmacy v. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office & SWIF; No. 660 C.D. 2020; No. 617 C.D. 2020; filed May 16, 2024; President Judge Cohn-Jubelirer - In this case, 700 Pharmacy filed five Fee Review...more
Patrice Williams v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB); No: 277 C.D. 2023; filed Mar. 21, 2024; Judge McCullough - In this case, a workers’ compensation judge granted in part and denied in part the claimant’s Petition to Review. The...more
Premium Transportation Staffing, Inc. v. Welker (WCAB); No. 1329 C.D. 2022; filed Nov. 30, 2023; Senior Judge Leavitt - In his Claim Petition, the claimant alleged he sustained Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in...more
Marie Dennis v. Inglis House (WCAB); No. 1223 C.D. 2022; filed Oct. 12, 2023; Sr. Judge Leavitt - The claimant, a certified nurse assistant, filed a claim petition alleging multiple work injuries, which occurred on January...more
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
Jose Gonzalez v. Guizzetti Farms, Inc. (WCAB) and Guizzetti Farms, Inc. v. Jose Gonzalez (WCAB); No. 144 C.D. 2022; No. 286 C.D. 2022; filed Apr. 18, 2023; by Judge Ceisler (PREVIOUS NON-REPORTED OPINION) - In this case, the...more
Teresa Fegley, as Executrix of the Estate of Paul Sheetz v. Firestone Tire & Rubber (WCAB); No. 680 C. D. 2021; filed March 17, 2023; by Judge Covey AND Edward Appel v. GWC Warranty Corp. (WCAB); 824 C.D. 2021; filed March...more