The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a city’s payment of a police officer’s salary while he was on excused time due to a COVID-19 infection was not an acceptance of liability for a work-related illness.
Case: Bolds v. City of Philadelphia (WCAB), No. 488 C.D. 2024, 02/25/2025, published.
Facts: William Bolds worked for the City of Philadelphia as a police officer. He contracted COVID-19 in May 2020 and informed his supervisor that he believed he was infected through his work.
Bolds took time off work, and the city designated his absence as &ldquo...
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