Court: Payment of Wages Isn't Acceptance of COVID-19 Compensability

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a city’s payment of wage continuation benefits to a police officer after he contracted COVID-19 was not an acceptance of liability for his illness as compensable. Case: Schuck v. City of Philadelphia, No. 533 C.D. 2024, 03/28/2025, unpublished. Facts: James Schuck worked for the City of Philadelphia as a police officer. He contracted COVID-19 in November 2020. Schuck informed his supervisor that he was sick and said he believed he had contracted COVID-19 at work. He has not returned to work since his illness. The city paid Schuck...