Francis Xavier Wickersham's Legal Cases (2)

Workers compensation

School District of Philadelphia v. WCAB (Hennegan), 751 A.2d 729 (Pa. Cmmwlth. 2000)

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OUTCOME: The Commonwealth Court granted the appeal filed by Frank's client and reversed the award of hearing loss benefits made to the Claimant, since the petition was not filed within the time required under the Act.

Although a claimant's petition for hearing loss benefits was filed more than 3 years from the date of last exposure to noise, the petition was granted by the PA WCJ and affirmed by the Workers' Compens ... ation Appeal Board.

Workers compensation

McKinney v. WCAB (Decision Data), 752 A.2d 928 (Pa. Cmmwlth. 2000) (rev. per cuiam, 770 A.2d 326 (Pa. 2001))

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OUTCOME: Frank successfully secured from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court a reversal of the decisions below, on the basis that by law, a one time incident of workplace harrasment did not rise to the level of an abnormal working condition.

A PA WCJ granted a claim for a psychiatric injury stemming from a one time incident of harrasment. The Judge's decision was affirmed by the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board and the Commonwealth Court ... .

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