Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Blog

McLaurin v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (SEPTA)
The Commonwealth Court upheld a workers’ compensation judge’s finding that a bus driver who was accosted by several hooded young men with guns was not exposed to abnormal working conditions. The employer presented evidence which showed such occurrences were not extraordinary and were envisioned as part of the work. This case seems to uphold the line of cases that state that abnormal working conditions are hard to demonstrate absent illegal activity on the part of the employer.