Like other employees, delivery drivers may receive needed benefits after a job-related injury through their employer’s workers’ compensation policy. WC allows workers to access medical coverage and payment for lost wages, regardless of whether the employee, a coworker...
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Month: August 2022
Workers’ Compensation: Case Law Updates
Timing of Appeal The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act sets forth time deadlines for filing certain documents, and a party’s right to pursue an issue may be jeopardized if the deadline is not satisfied. The WC Act also states the manner and location of filing...
Gig economy driver: Employee or independent contractor?
Attorney Mark R. Schmidt, a Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist, settled the Claim of a Delaware County Driver alleged to be an Independent Contractor. In the new ‘gig economy’, drivers for companies such as Lyft, Uber, Door Dash, Grub Hub (etc), are labeled by...
Workers’ compensation settlements: Fatal claim by suicide
Attorney Mark R. Schmidt, a Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist, settled the fatal claim of a corrections officer who committed suicide at his home in Delaware County. The client was the decedent’s mother, living in Florida. Several ‘workers’ compensation...