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Failure to Notify County Ends Pa. Nursing Home Aide’s Back Injury Claim
Failure to Notify County Ends Pa. Nursing Home Aide’s Back Injury Claim

Doylestown, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – When it comes to workers’ compensation benefits, an employee is generally out of luck if he doesn’t notify his employer of his injury within the state-mandated period. In Harris v. County […]
Do You Know the Rule? Petition to Modify Benefits in Pa. Based on Earning Power
Do You Know the Rule? Petition to Modify Benefits in Pa. Based on Earning Power

King of Prussia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Pennsylvania, an employer may file a petition to stop or reduce an employee’s workers’ compensation benefits if there has been a change in the employee’s medical condition or […]
Form Focus: Pa. Rules for Appealing Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Decision to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board
Form Focus: Pa. Rules for Appealing Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Decision to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Regular readers of our Daily Headlines have surely noticed that something that often happens in a workers' compensation case is that a claimant will appeal the workers' compensation judge's decision to […]
What Do You Think: Is Paraplegic Entitled to Cost of Parents’ New House?
What Do You Think: Is Paraplegic Entitled to Cost of Parents’ New House?

Souderton, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Pennsylvania, injured workers who are entitled to the purchase price of a wheelchair or other orthopedic device may also be entitled to the cost of home modifications necessary to use […]
Pa. Dollar General Fined for ‘Willful’ Safety Violations
Pa. Dollar General Fined for ‘Willful’ Safety Violations

Jersey Shore, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Another Dollar General store has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration of workplace safety violations. According to OSHA, a company initiated an inspection […]