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What's Hot in Workers' Comp, July 2025
Industrial Accident Board Denies EMT’s Motion to Amend Injury Date, Citing Statute of Limitations and Inexcusable Neglect
The Industrial Accident Board dismissed a workers’ compensation claim after determining that the claimant’s attempt to amend the alleged date of injury was both untimely and the result of inexcusable neglect.
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Fifth District Court of Appeal Clarifies Civil Suit Bar: Workers Must First Seek Comp Benefits Before Suing Employers
A three-judge panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeal issued an intriguing opinion concerning employers’ civil suit immunity and compensability determinations.
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Appellate Division Affirms Joint Employment and Special Mission Rulings in Police Officer’s Workers’ Compensation Case Against City and Contractor
The petitioner, a police officer employed with Northfield Police Department, filed a workers’ compensation claim against the City of Northfield and later against Asplundh Tree Expert for injuries sustained in an auto accident on March 31, 2021.
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Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Coverage Claims, Citing Intentional Injury Exclusion and Supreme Court’s Rodriguez Decision
Michael Bunting injured his foot while working for Emil A. Schroth, Inc. He was paid workers’ compensation benefits by Schroth’s carrier, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Specific Loss Benefits Survive Claimant’s Work-Related Death, Even Where Claimant’s Death Is Related to the Work Injury
In a significant decision clarifying the survivability of workers’ compensation benefits, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that specific loss benefits awarded to a claimant prior to her death from work-related injuries are payable to her est
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Commonwealth Court Affirms Dismissal of Fire Police Volunteer’s Cancer Claim as Time-Barred Under Section 315
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the dismissal of a cancer-related workers’ compensation claim filed by a former fire police volunteer, finding that the claim was barred by the statute of limitations under Section 315 of the Workers’
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Idiopathic Fall Standard, Without the Fall
There was a fall in this case, but the claimant’s injury—disk extrusion at L3-4—occurred before the fall, when he stood up from a seated position.
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First District Court of Appeal Enforces Statutory Provision Divesting Judges of Compensation Claims of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
In a per curium opinion from the First District Court of Appeal on May 7, 2025, the court addressed what at first glance appeared to be an arcane case about collective bargaining agreements.
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