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In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently held that claims for an occupational disease, in this case mesothelioma resulting from asbestos exposure, which manifested outside the 300-week period prescribed by the Workers' Compensation...

In Pennsylvania, to establish a so-called “mental-mental” injury claim, the employee must demonstrate that the injury resulted from "abnormal working conditions.” Announcing that the Commonwealth Court had “strayed beyond...

In a split decision involving bizarre circumstances, a Pennsylvania appellate court recently held that a woman employed under a state-funded program to provide attendant care services at her residence for her adult son, and who was brutally attacked by...

Reversing a decision by the state's Workers' Compensation Appeal Board that, in turn, had affirmed a judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to a claimant who sustained serious injuries to his thumb when he stepped away from his...

A Pennsylvania appellate court recently held that the state’s Appeal Board erred when it awarded workers’ compensation benefits to a painter injured in a fall as he walked toward a train station at the end of his workday. A painting contractor...

Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. Employer Reps Say Wage Theft Unintentional Due to Complex Regulations...

Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: Senate Confirms Thomas Perez as Secretary...

A worker who within a few minutes of quitting his job as a driver technician sustained injuries in a fall on his “former” employer’s premises, is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits according to a Pennsylvania appellate...

Latest Map of Uninsured in America Shows Lack of Health Insurance in the South . Survey of Occupational Injuries, Illnesses Shows Nearly 3 Million Workplace Injuries in 2014 . EEOC Proposes Allowing Genetic Information for Voluntary Workplace Wellness...

OSHA Head Unveils Plans for 2016 . Federal Court Upholds Wellness Program, Rejects Lawsuit Filed by EEOC . NAIC Posts Latest Rankings for P&C Insurers Market Share . Risks Inherent With Sharing Economy Posed to Increase 20 Fold+ During Next...

Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: NCOIL Work Comp Insurance Comm. Chair Defends...

A Pennsylvania court has affirmed a trial court’s order that determined that an injured worker’s Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act benefits could be attached to pay the worker’s alimony obligation. The ex-husband had...

Emphasizing that with regard to expert medical testimony, one should not conflate the qualifications of the expert with the persuasiveness of the expert’s testimony, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania reversed a decision by the state’s Commonwealth...

Pursuant to 77 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2703(b), if an injured worker fails to notify the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund (Fund) within 45 days after the worker knows that the employer is uninsured, the Fund is not obligated to provide “compensation”...

NIOSH Examines Link Between Firefighting and Cancer . Expert Provides Guidance on FLSA From Worker Perspective . AL: Labor Dept. Explains New OSHA Reporting Requirements Eff. Jan. 1 . AL: Injuries Sustained While Seeking Medical Treatment for...