A Pennsylvania appellate court panel has ordered reinstated the benefits originally awarded to a Philadelphia schoolteacher who said she suffered psychologically after she was bitten on the arm while breaking up a fight between two fourth-graders. A workers' compensation judge awarded Bartholetti lost wages and medical benefits, but the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board reversed the wages award. A Commonwealth Court panel reinstated the benefits, ruling that the teacher had "shouldered her burden."
July 18, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court panel has ordered reinstated the benefits originally awarded to a Philadelphia schoolteacher who said she suffered psychologically after she was bitten on the arm while breaking up a fight between two fourth-graders.
Tara Bartholetti, formerly of Point Breeze’s Delplaine-McDaniel Elementary School, had claimed a physical/mental injury after experiencing anxiety and depression as a result of the incident.
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