Court Rejects Security Guard's Claim for Additional TTD, Penalties

The Commonwealth Court ruled that a security guard was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits for her injuries from a fall from an office chair, nor was she entitled to penalties against her employer. Case: Blassingame v. WCAB (Sovereign Security), No. 355 C.D. 2018, 08/28/2018, unpublished. Facts: Yvette D. Blassingame worked for Sovereign Security as a security guard. While Blassingame was sitting in a desk chair at work in March 2016, she rolled the chair backwards to reach the trash can. The chair got caught on a floor tile and flipped over. Blassingame felt imit...