Workers’ Compensation • City Firefighter • Act 46 • Subrogation Lien
City of Phila. v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 17-1130 (Pa. Commw. July 3, 2017) Brobson, J. (10 pages).
The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board did not err in its application of Act 46, which designated cancer in firefighters as an occupational disease, since the statute makes clear that any claimant who files a timely claim after the act’s effective date is entitled to the benefits of Act 46. The court affirmed the Board’s decision affirming in part and reversing in part a workers’ compensation judge’s ruling.
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