Payment of Cop's Salary Doesn't Constitute Acceptance of Liability for COVID-19 Infection

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a police officer’s receipt of his full salary for a period after contracting COVID-19 was not an acknowledgment of compensability for his condition. Case: Zeller v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 463 C.D. 2024, 03/11/2025, unpublished. Facts: William Zeller was a police officer for the City of Philadelphia. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 in March 2021 and has not returned to work since. The city designated Zeller’s first 10 months out of work as “excused” or “e-time,” and he re...