Statute of Limitations for Comp Claims Doesn't Apply to Joinder Petitions

In a case of first impression, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a joinder petition does not need to be filed within the three-year statute of limitations for a workers’ compensation claim. Case: Sota Construction Services Inc. v. WCAB (Czarnecki, Zawilla), No. 87 C.D. 2019, 12/20/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: Robert Czarnecki filed a workers’ compensation claim in August 2012. He claimed he had suffered injuries in the course of his employment with George Zawilla. Zawilla did business as Gorilla Construction. Czarnecki later learned that Gorilla...