Worker Waits Too Long to Request Additional Benefits

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker could not seek additional benefits more than three years after his employer stopped paying wage loss compensation. Case: Keffer v. Colfax Corp., No. 1110 C.D. 2022, 08/11/2023, unpublished.   Facts: Charles Keffer worked for Colfax Corp. and suffered a low-back strain in December 2014. Colfax accepted liability for the injury, and Keffer received partial wage loss benefits until he returned to full-duty work in March 2015. After Keffer returned to work, Colfax issued a notice that it was stopping its payment of wa...