Court to Decide Whether Suicide was a 'Normal' Working Condition

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania will consider whether a state trooper's role in a mentally ill woman's unexpected suicide was within the normal working conditions for a law enforcement officer. The high court granted review to Payes v. WCAB, where it will consider whether witnessing a horrible tragedy qualifies as an "extraordinary event" or "abnormal working condition" for a state trooper. The case hinges upon Pennsylvania's common law rule stating that an injured worker who seeks to recover for a psychiatric injury must show that actual extraordinary events or abnormal working ...