An attorney for a Coca-Cola bottling company argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that barring employers from suspending workers’ compensation benefits during the time an employee spent in pretrial incarceration creates equal protection issues between those who can and cannot afford bail. But several of the justices appeared skeptical of that position.

The arguments came in a case captioned Sadler v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Philadelphia Coca-Cola), which involves a man who spent 525 days in jail pretrial before pleading guilty and being sentenced to time served.

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