Although an injured employee may receive other benefits, sometimes called collateral benefits, while receiving Workers’ Compensation benefits, the rules regarding what you can receive without an “offset” can be very complicated.
If you are injured at work and receiving workers’ compensation benefits, you have an obligation to inform the workers’ compensation carrier of the receipt [...]
COMMONWEALTH COURT RULES CLAIMANT’S TESTIMONY ALONE NOT ENOUGH TO DEFEAT EMPLOYER’S MODIFICATION PETITION
Posted on October 26th, 2009
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently considered whether the testimony of an injured claimant could, without confirming medical testimony, support the denial of a petition to modify ongoing workers’ compensation benefits.
In World Kitchen Inc. v. WCAB (Rideout), — A.2d —-, 2009 WL 2926497, Pa.Cmwlth, No. 1789 C.D. 2008 (September 14, 2009), the Court considered employer’s petition [...]
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Commonwealth Court Directs Employer to Pay for Repairs to Bathroom Modified to Accomodate Injured Worker’s Wheelchair
Posted on September 10th, 2009
The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act requires that employers pay for “medicines and supplies, hospital treatment, services and supplies and orthopedic appliances, and prostheses” for an injured worker. (Section 306(f.1)(1)(ii)). This section of the Act has been interpreted to include modifications to a claimant’s home to accomodate needs related to the work injury, such as modifications [...]
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