Employer Can't Join Other Parties to Share Potential Liability for Fatal Claim

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an administrative decision finding that an employer could not join another entity and its insurance carrier as liable parties for a worker’s fatal accident. Case: Reading Anthracite Co. v. Oxenrider, No. 120 C.D. 2023, West Spring Energy LLC v. Oxenrider, No. 121 C.D. 2023, Rockwood Casualty Insurance Co. v. Oxenrider, No. 126 C.D. 2023, State Workers’ Insurance Fund v. Oxenrider, No. 170 C.D. 2023, 06/11/2024, published. Facts and procedural history: West Spring Energy LLC and Reading Anthracite Co. conduct coal mining operation...