A Pennsylvania court has ruled that a volunteer emergency medical technician who was otherwise unemployed for decades is entitled to the statewide average weekly wage for compensation for an injury sustained on the job. The three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court found that the state legislature intended to compensate injured volunteer emergency workers through the state Workers' Compensation Act without regard to their actual earnings.
March 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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A volunteer emergency medical technician who was otherwise unemployed for decades is entitled to the statewide average weekly wage for compensation for an injury sustained on the job, according to a three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court.
Borough of Heidelberg v. WCAB revolved around whether �601 of the Workers’ Compensation Act, which provides workers’ compensation to volunteer firefighters and EMTs, applied to a volunteer EMT who was not otherwise gainfully employed.
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