Credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.com Pa. Appeals Court Rejects School District's Workers' Comp Challenge to Pregnant Teacher Punched in Stomach
"Application of the physical/mental standard to a workers' compensation case only mandates that a claimant suffer a precipitating physical stimulus that causes a physical injury requiring medical treatment, resulting in a mental injury," Ceisler said.
August 23, 2023 at 02:04 PM
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The Commonwealth Court has denied the Philadelphia School District's efforts to cancel the disability benefits of a teacher who claimed to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder after being punched in the belly by a student while she was eight months pregnant.
Ruling Tuesday in The School District of Philadelphia v. Smith, a split three-judge Commonwealth Court panel rejected arguments from the school district that the workers' compensation judge and appeal board had applied the wrong standard in granting disability benefits to the claimant, Shahyra Smith.
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