Court Upholds Denial of Cook's Request for Additional Benefits

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of a cook’s request for additional benefits for his injuries from two workplace falls. Case: Parks v. Urban Outfitters Inc., Nos. 931 C.D. 2020 and 932 C.D. 2020, 08/11/2023, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Khary Parks worked as a line cook for Urban Outfitters Inc. He slipped and fell on a wet floor at work twice in August 2018. According to Parks, at the time of the falls he was having occasional pain due to several previous back injuries caused by a car accident in 1997, a dance floor falling on him in 2007, a s...