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The claimant failed to provide adequate notice that his stomach cancer was caused by his firefighting duties under § 311 of the Act and, therefore, his claim petition was properly dismissed.
The claimant began working as a volunteer firefighter for the employer in 2002.
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The Board has the power to enforce an agreement to settle that is reached by commutation, despite the claimant passing away prior to execution of the commutation documents and their approval by the Board.
This case came before the Board on a motion filed by claimant’s counsel to enforce a commutation agreement between the
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Court finds that failure to object on specificity grounds, where specificity would show ripeness, waives challenge to ripeness. IME opinions are admissible and can support claim for specific medical benefits.
The claimant appealed an order from Judge Winn denying right knee surgery.
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Disability must be established to a reasonable degree of medical certainty based on objective relevant medical findings. A judge may reject in whole or part uncontroverted testimony that he or she does not believe.
The claimant appealed the judge’s denial of temporary indemnity benefits for a specific period.
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Appellate Division affirms a trial court’s dismissal of an employee’s tort action against his employer based on the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act.
In this per curiam decision, the Appellate Division affirmed a grant of summary judgment in
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Medical reports offered by the claimant to corroborate the testimony of her medical expert were hearsay and were properly excluded from evidence in a termination petition.
The claimant sustained a work-related low back injury from a motor vehicle accident she was involved in while travelli
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A claimant who raises a Protz challenge to a pre-Protz IRE on the basis that the IRE was unconstitutional is entitled to a reinstatement of temporary total disability benefits as of the date the reinstatement petition is filed and not the date of the IRE.
Following the claimant’s January 2005 work injury, she underwent an Impairment Rating Evaluation in December 2013.
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Commonwealth Court holds that Act 111, which implemented the new IRE provisions under § 306(a.3) of the Act, was not a substantive change of the law and could not be applied retroactively, absent a clear legislative intent to do so.
In this case, at the time of Act 111’s enactment in October of 2018, the employer had pending an appeal of a judge’s d
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