A surveillance video provided sufficient evidence to defeat a claimant's petition to reinstate benefits because it was the claimant's burden, not the employer's, that his disability was ongoing, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled. Case: Soja v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates), No. 455 C.D. 2011, 11/07/2011.Facts: Brian Soja injured his back in 2005 as he pulled a heavy piece of equipment from a ditch while working as a laborer for Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates. The work injury aggravated Soja's degenerative disc diseas...
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