claimant filed claim in Pennsylvania

2023After multiple hospitalizations and back surgery, the claimant filed a claim petition. 465 A.2d at 970 .

2022Two years later, the employer filed a petition to terminate, arguing, based on a recently obtained medical opinion, that the claimant’s condition was unrelated, and had always been unrelated, to the work fall because it was caused by a “coughing and laughing spell.” Beissel, 465 A.2d at 970 .

2023Id.

2021Id.

2019The WCJ found that the work injury “shall be defined to include lumbar strain/sprain and lumbosacral radiculitis[.]” Id., slip op. at 4 (quoting 2015 WCJ decision).

2008Henion, 776 A.2d at 363-64 .

2017Id.

2015Id.

1994Both the referee and the Board held that the claimant’s petition was untimely under Section 311 of the Act; however, this Court on appeal reversed, holding that “Section 311 does not apply in cases where a separate injury is discovered which has arisen from the same set of circumstances for which an employer has been timely notified and has had a full opportunity for investigation.” Id., at 599 .

1994Both the referee and the Board held that the claimant’s petition was untimely under Section 311 of the Act; however, this Court on appeal reversed, holding that “Section 311 does not apply in eases where a separate injury is discovered which has arisen from the same set of circumstances for which an employer has been timely notified and has had a full opportunity for investigation.” Id., at 599 .

2026Id. at 1094 .

2025Id.

2025Id.

2022Id. at 1236 .

2021In Graphic Packaging, Inc. v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Zink), 929 A.2d 695 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2007), the claimant filed a claim petition, which the WCJ denied and, thereafter, the Board affirmed.

2021Thereafter, the claimant filed a claim petition “alleging that she was in the course of her employment at the time of the automobile-pedestrian accident.” Id.

2020The WCJ in Crown Services determined that the back injury resulted from the work injury and determined that notice of the injury to the claimant’s fingers was sufficient to cover all manifestations of the injury. 682 A.2d at 1339 .

2017Ricks, 704 A.2d at 717 .

2017The claimant stated in the claim petition that he was disabled ‘“from 2/28/95 to ongoing.”’ 709 A.2d at 448 .

2017In GMS Mine Repair & Maintenance, Inc. v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Way), 29 A.3d 1193 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2011), the claimant filed a claim petition against GMS, which joined additional defendants asserting that they may have caused the claimant’s occupational diseases.

2016Id.

2016This Court rejected the employer’s argument that the claimant did not suffer an “injury,” holding that “persons exposed to a serious risk of contracting a disease which is commonly known to be highly contagious/infectious and potentially deadly, have been ‘injured’ for the purpose of receiving 10 compensation under the Act.” Id. at 828 .

2016The claimant filed a claim petition and was eventually awarded benefits for a physical/mental injury with the accident serving as the “triggering physical event.” Id. at 673 .

2016In that case, the claimant filed a claim petition asserting that during her employment, she sustained “[m]ajor [d]epressive disorder, recurrent, severe without psychotic features” as a result of being “exposed to long-term harassment, a hostile work environment causing her occupational disease, and race, gender, and age discrimination.” Id. at 141 .

2015In support, she cites Bigley v. Unity Auto Parts, Inc., 436 A.2d 1172 (Pa. 1981), where a claimant filed a claim petition within the applicable time period, but subsequently withdrew it.

2015Id. at 176 .

2015The Bureau informed the claimant by letter on October 3, 2008 that his employer “may- not have workers’ compensation insurance.” Id.

2004The court analogized the progressive loss of eyesight to the progressive loss of hearing, noting that there is often a gradual diminishment of the sense/faculty without any resultant disability and the claimant may not be aware of the extent and/or cause of the loss until so informed by a doctor. 708 A.2d at 135-36 .

2004The court analogized the progressive loss of eyesight to the progressive loss of hearing, noting that there is often a gradual diminishment of the sense/faculty without any resultant disability and the claimant may not be aware of the extent and/or cause of the loss until so informed by a doctor. 708 A.2d at 135-36 .

2004In Inglis House v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Bd. (Reedy), 535 Pa. 135 , 634 A.2d 592 (1993), a claimant filed a claim petition alleging an injury and entitlement to total disability benefits from her original employer, even after she returned to work with another employer without a loss of earning power but with some residual disability.

2004In Inglis House v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Bd. (Reedy), 535 Pa.135, 634 A.2d 592 (1993), a claimant filed a claim petition alleging an injury and entitlement to total disability benefits from her original employer, even after she returned to work with another employer without a loss of earning power but with some residual disability.

2000Similarly, in Hershey Chocolate Company v. Com., Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 546 Pa. 27 , 682 A.2d 1257 (1996), the claimant filed a claim petition alleging that she suffered from a severe emotional disorder due to excess pressure and excessive work load changes in her job.

2000Similarly, in Hershey Chocolate Company v. Com., Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 546 Pa. 27 , 682 A.2d 1257 (1996), the claimant filed a claim petition alleging that she suffered from a severe emotional disorder due to excess pressure and excessive work load changes in her job.

1999Time of Request Unknown In the case of Eugenie v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Sheltered Employment Service), 140 Pa.Cmwlth. 51 , 592 A.2d 358 (1991), the claimant filed a claim petition, but the employer did not file an answer.

1999Time of Request Unknown In the case of Eugenie v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Sheltered Employment Service), 140 Pa.Cmwlth. 51 , 592 A.2d 358 (1991), the claimant filed a claim petition, but the employer did not file an answer.

1993The referee found that “the claimant has an indeterminate degree of partial disability from the injury in that there is an anatomical derangement of the structure of his leg which prevents the leg from performing in its usual and customary fashion.” Airgood, 62 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. at 504, 437 A.2d at 93 .

1993In Hermanson v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Kaiser Aluminum), 156 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 556, 628 A.2d 514 (1993), the claimant filed a claim petition in 1989 alleging a total loss of hearing on March 31, 1986.

1993In Hermanson v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Kaiser Aluminum), 156 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 556, 628 A.2d 514 (1993), the claimant filed a claim petition in 1989 alleging a total loss of hearing on March 31, 1986.