Court Reverses Denial of Benefits to Mother Stabbed by Son

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday in an en banc decision that a woman who was employed as an attendant care provider for her son – an amputee with a long history of drug problems – was entitled to workers' compensation benefits for her injuries from an incident where her son attacked her in her sleep with a butcher knife. Matthew L. Wilson, a Philadelphia claimant attorney with Martin LLC who is the chair-elect of the Workers' Compensation Law Section Council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, said Wednesday that the case – O'Rourke v. WCA...