NEWS & VIEWS

In Gary v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Phila. Sch. Dist.), the court upheld the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s decision which denied the Utilization Review Petition. The UR Reviewer decided that the treatment did not show a “significant improvement” in the claimant’s condition and therefore continued treatment was deemed not reasonable or necessary, even though five years… Read more

In University of Penn. v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Hicks), the court determined that an employer was not entitled to suspend a claimant’s benefits after he returned to work following a work injury and was terminated for not possessing the proper certification as a campus police office. The employer had a policy that requires all… Read more

In the case Hershgordon v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Pep Boys), the appeal board reaffirmed the importance of notifying the employer within 120 days of injury. The claimant filed a claim petition for an alleged work injury occurring on June 13, 2005. The record showed that the employer was not notified of the alleged injury… Read more