The state Supreme Court has declined to review a case in which a divided Commonwealth Court allowed General Motors to unilaterally suspend an injured worker’s benefits without the required paperwork because the man had taken a voluntary retirement package.
When the split en banc panel Commonwealth Court decided the case in October 2012, one workers’ compensation attorney who represents injured workers, but is not involved in the case, called the decision "dangerous precedent."
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