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 ...

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 ...

The Second Appellate District affirmed an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. The court held that a laches defense was unavailable to an insurer that, as a matter of law, was deemed to ...

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, ...

What would life be like without the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board in Pennsylvania? Less workers' comp litigation, of course. Or would there be? An agency of the state Legislature has recommended ...

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 ...

Under the “going and coming” rule, an employee generally is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained during their commute. There are exceptions to this rule. In Zenith ...