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Claimant injured in car accident while on a morning “lunch break.” Judge denies compensability as the lunch break was purely personal in nature and of no benefit to the employer. Judge also held that neither the special hazard nor dual purpose exceptions
This case involves an employee who took her lunch break in the morning so that she could take her son to school.
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Judge denies claimant’s petition as the statute of limitations had run and agrees that a doctor visit and prescribed medication were unauthorized.
The employer asserted that the statute of limitations had run on the claimant’s 2011 work injury when the claimant fil
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The judge finds that the claimant made false representations and holds entire claim was barred.
The claimant filed a petition seeking compensability of a hip and ankle injury.
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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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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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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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