Posted On: February 11, 2008
Benefits Can be Terminated Within the Context of the Claim Petition
In Coyne v. WCAB (Villanova University and PMA Group), No 710 C.D. 2007, filed February 11, 2008) says that a workers' compensation judge can terminate benefits within the context of the claim petition even when the employer has never filed a termination petition. In the context of the claim petition, the claimant has the burden to establish the duration of the disability throughout the time in which her petition was pending. The claimant failed to meet her burden of showing that she continued to be disabled by her work injury, and the workers' compensation judge found the claimant was recovered as of the date of her independent medical examination.
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