An employee who was led astray by a Workers' Compensation Claims Information Help Line representative can use testimony about the mistake to help him toll the statute of limitations on his benefits claim, a Pennsylvania court has ruled. The three-judge panel said it was not the employee's fault he sent his claim petition late because the help-line employee told him the wrong deadline. Kocis filed a claim petition in May 1997, more than three years after the date of his injury.
July 23, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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An employee who was led astray by a Workers’ Compensation Claims Information Help Line representative can use testimony about the mistake to help him toll the statute of limitations on his benefits claim, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
The three-judge panel said it was not the employee’s fault he sent his claim petition late because the help-line employee told him the wrong deadline.
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