The decision requires employers and workers’ compensation insurers to rely on a different statutory formula than they had previously used for determining the rate that serves as the bottom threshold ...

This case involved a claimant who crushed her arm in a pretzel machine while working for the employer. Eventually, she needed to have her right forearm amputated. The parties agreed that the ...

1. Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that the compensation rate for specific loss benefits is controlled by Section 306(c) of the Act, not Section 306(a) Jennifer Jackiw v. Soft Pretzel Franchise, 329 ...

The passage of Act 121 significantly lowers the threshold of proof for Pennsylvania workers who have suffered mental health injuries due to "abnormal working conditions" on the job. For years, ...