Workers’ Compensation • Payment of Medical Expenses • Indemnity Benefits
Whitmoyer v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 16-1473 (Pa. Commw. Dec. 1, 2016) Simpson, J. (42 pages).
In a workers’ compensation action involving an employer’s subrogation rights, the court concluded the term “compensation” in §319 of the Workers’ Compensation Act encompassed medical expenses in addition to indemnity benefits and affirmed the lower court.