Court Rejects Worker's Claim of Bias by Judge in Critique of Medical Experts' Opinions

The Commonwealth Court ruled that a judge’s repeated references to the fact that a worker’s medical experts were physicians from whom she sought treatment following the retention of an attorney did not evince a bias giving rise to an unreasoned denial of her claim. Case: Mahaffey v. WCAB (3B Pain Management Center), No. 206 C.D. 2017, 08/08/2017, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Anna Mahaffey filed a workers’ compensation claim petition seeking benefits for injuries to her hands that were allegedly related to her work as a massage therapist for 3B Pain Management ...