Oleksiak Questioned Over Law Firm's Influence in Judge's Firing

Three weeks after news broke that a workers' compensation judge was fired following complaints from a top Philadelphia claimants' law firm, the state secretary of labor and industry said he had little to do with the judge's dismissal. But Secretary Gerard Oleksiak, speaking at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, also hinted that there was more to the concerns about administrative law Judge Andrea McCormick than has been publicly reported. He said he couldn't go into detail because the judge has appealed her termination to the state's Civil Service Commission. &ld...