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Workplace Injury Workers’ Compensation Pennsylvania

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Standards Loosened for PA First Responders to Claim Workers’ Compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress Injury

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Effective Oct. 29, 2025, an amendment to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), adopted via Pennsylvania Senate Bill 365 (Bill), will change the standard for first responders, including Emergency Medical Services...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds That the Compensation Rate for Specific Loss Benefits is Controlled by Section 306(c) of the Act,...

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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

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Pennsylvania House Committee Advances HB 183 to Expand Workers’ Compensation Disfigurement Benefits

Last week, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee passed HB 183. This Bill is designed to expand significantly what has been long-established access to workers compensation disfigurement benefits...more

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Top 10 Developments in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation in 2024

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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

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House Bill 2490 & Implications for Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Settlements

House Bill 2490 has been introduced and it is best to quote from the sponsoring legislator’s words: [S]ome employers and insurers require claimants to sign side agreements forcing them to resign, preventing them from ever...more

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Commonwealth Court Authorizes Workers’ Compensation Reimbursement for CBD Oil

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled that CBD oil, when prescribed by a doctor for a work-related injury, is reimbursable. In this matter, a workers’ compensation attorney was injured on the job when he tripped over...more

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Act 111, Which Enacted the Impairment Evaluation Provisions of Section 306(a.3) of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, is...

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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

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Significant Expansion of Indemnity Benefits Just Passed in Pennsylvania House Of Representatives

Following a movement in the Pennsylvania Legislature to expand substantially payments for scarring/disfigurement benefits, the Pennsylvania House, on May 2, 2023, passed legislation to expand scarring/disfigurement benefits...more

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