A Pennysvlania Commonwealth Court ruled in favor of terminating benefits where an injured worker had fully recovered from a slip and fall and medical evidence showed the employee's disability related to a pre-existing degenerative disc.
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled in Cochran v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
, no. 314 C.D. 2006 (6/6/07), that an orthopedic surgeon's testimony about claimant Richard Cochran's herniated disc was irrelevant to the issue raised in the employer's termination petition. That issue was whether Cochran had fully recovered from the accepted wo...
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