Court Tosses Grant of Worker's Resinstatement Petition, Award of Penalties against Employer

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to benefit reinstatement and that his employer should not have been forced to pay unreasonable contest fees for challenging the worker’s reinstatement petition. Case: Communication Test Design v. WCAB (Simpson), No. 1196 C.D. 2019, 04/22/2020, published. Facts: Herbert L. Simpson worked for Communication Test Design. He allegedly suffered injuries while at work Dec. 5, 2016. Two weeks later, his employer accepted liability for medical bills for an eye laceration. On Jan. 4, 2017, Communication Test D...