Wilkes-Barre, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers with workers’ compensation coverage are generally immune to negligence lawsuits for work-related injuries. But what happens if the worker is hired by and paid by an employment agency, but sent […]

Leacock Township, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Several employees were killed in on-the-job accidents last week including one who was killed when the inn she was working in exploded. John E. Smucker, II, owner of the Bird-in-Hand […]

Dubois, PA (WorkersCompensation.com)– In Pennsylvania, an employee with a psychic injury may have a compensable injury within the meaning of the workers’ compensation act. But he’ll have to show that the injury resulted from an […]

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under Pennsylvania’s exclusive remedy rule, employees who are injured on the job are generally limited to seeking compensation through the workers’ compensation act. If the employer has workers’ compensation coverage, the […]

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Pennsylvania, when deciding whether an injury “arises out of employment,” courts apply the “positional-risk test.”  General Standard for Compensability  A Pennsylvania worker who suffers an accidental injury "arising out of […]

Tamaqua, PA (WorkersCompensation.com)–In Pennsylvania, a worker who is not engaging in work activities but is on his employer’s premises and is required by the nature of his employment to be there may be entitled to […]

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 […]

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 […]