Employer Can't Offset Payments Through Credit Against Benefits for Later Injury

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer cannot offset an overpayment of workers' compensation benefits paid for one work-related injury through a credit against an award of benefits for a subsequent work injury. Case: Columbia County Commissioners v. Rospendowski, No. 723 C.D. 2021, 12/01/2022, published. Facts and procedural history: Kristie Rospendowski worked as a full-time deputy sheriff for Columbia County. She injured her right ankle while on duty in 2011. Rospendowski was off work for that injury off and on over a period of four years because the sheriff...