Court: Judge Didn't Abuse Discretion in Declining to Set Aside Notice of Compensation Payable

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a workers’ compensation judge did not abuse her discretion in declining to set aside an employer’s notice of compensation payable for a firefighter’s cancer, even though she found the notice had been issued by mistake. Case: City of Philadelphia v. Bell, No. 648 C.D. 2024, 04/02/2025, published. Facts and procedural history: John Bell worked as a firefighter for the City of Philadelphia. In June 2022, he informed the city that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer. Bell said he believed his occupational exposure to carcino...