A workers’ compensation claimant whose benefits were suspended and have resumed may seek a modification of benefits within three years of the date of the last payment received as long as the payment falls within the 500-week eligibility period for post-suspension benefits under Section 413(a) of the state Workers’ Compensation Act, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
The decision addressed ambiguity as to whether the three-year provision of the act was nullified by the 500-week provision. The court said it was not and that the two provisions must be read concurrently.
