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Occupational Diseases and Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation
A recent Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court case has found that a deceased firefighter was not eligible for Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation benefits after the firefighter died from gastric cancer. In City of Williamsport v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board the Fatal Claim Petition, filed by the Decedent’s wife, alleged that Decedent’s death from gastric cancer in October… Read More »