Highlights From the 2024 Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Annual Report

Statistics about Pennsylvania workers’ workplace injuries and those workers’ demographics allow readers to see trends in the workplace that would have otherwise been impossible to glean without the ...
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Pa. Supreme Court’s 'Jackiw' Decision Ends Unjust Specific-Loss Injury Benefit Calculations for Injured Workers

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 ...
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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)

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 ...
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House Bill 183: A Transformative Proposal for Disfigurement Claims in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation

Pennsylvania House Bill 183 (HB 183) introduces substantial amendments to Section 306(c)(22) of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act. If enacted, the proposed changes will have significant ...
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Could PA add medical marijuana reimbursement under workers’ compensation?

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania Representative is aiming to require employers to reimburse prescribed medical cannabis for workers receiving compensation benefits. The legislation, authored by ...
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Workers’ Compensation Representation Grows in Reading and Exeter with Lowenthal & Abrams Tackling Job Injury Claims in PA

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Aug. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., a Philadelphia-based law firm, has expanded its workers’ compensation legal services into Reading and Exeter, ...