The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker could not modify the description of his work injury in the settlement agreement he had previously reached, and that his employer was not liable to penalties for refusing to pay for some of the medical bills.
Case: Boatman v. WCAB (Bortner Bros.), No. 1771 C.D. 2017, 08/03/2018, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Mark Boatman injured his right shoulder while working for Bortner Bros. in May 2008. Boatman filed a workers’ compensation claim, which he settled in January 2013. The terms of the agreement provid...
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