JD Supra

Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board Violates Long-standing Workers’ Compensation Principles by Overturning Credibility Findings Made by a Worker’s Compensation Judge.

The claimant suffered a work injury to her right thumb in the nature of a strain/sprain. The injury was later expanded by the workers’ compensation judge to include a right ulnar collateral ligament ...
JD Supra

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, ...
Law

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Wallen)

Holiday and vacation payments that are part of an employee's wages under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) are properly included in his average weekly wage (AWW) for calculating worker's ...
Forbes

What To Do If Your Workers’ Compensation Claim Is Denied

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...
Workers’ Comp Executive

Appeals Court Sends Case Back To WCAB

Why did an appeals court send a case back to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board? What was the failure WCAB admitted?
Altoona Mirror

Court upholds workers’ comp for firefighter

HARRISBURG — Commonwealth Court upheld the finding of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, which ruled that a former volunteer firefighter should get workers’ comp benefits due to cancer linked to ...