The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned an award of benefits to a volunteer firefighter, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board had applied the wrong standard to determine whether he had provided timely notice of his claim.
Case: East Hempfield Township v. WCAB (Stahl), No. 1058 C.D. 2017, released 06/01/2018, published 08/24/2018.
Facts: Kenneth Stahl became a volunteer firefighter in 1974. In 2002, he became a volunteer firefighter for East Hempfield Township.
Four years later, doctors diagnosed Stahl with stomach cancer.
Stahl underwent surgery and radiation...
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