Corrections Officer Who Fell Asleep at Wheel Gets Benefits

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an arbitrator’s award of benefits to a corrections officer for his injuries from crashing his patrol vehicle when he fell asleep behind the wheel while on duty.   Justin Kerschner works for the Department of Corrections and is a member of the bargaining unit known as the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association. PSCOA and DOC are parties to a collective bargaining agreement that contains an arbitration procedure for claim requests under the Heart and Lung Act. In the CBA, the parties agreed that all disputes relating to a co...