Court Upholds Finding That Worker Suffered Compensable Aggravation Injuries

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a finding that a worker sustained a compensable aggravation of his preexisting lumbar spine degenerative disease and lumbar radiculopathy. Case: Chester Water Authority v. Swiggett, No. 824 C.D. 2023, 08/28/2024, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Charles Swiggett worked for Chester Water Authority as a laborer. He injured his back at work in January 2016. A workers’ compensation judge determined that Swiggett sustained an aggravation of facet joint pathology and that he was entitled to benefits. The WCJ suspended Swiggett’s...