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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION-IMMUNITY-SUBCONTRACTORS Coleman v. Chief Oil & Gas, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48022 (M.D. Pa. March 17, 2022) (Brann, D.J.). Chief gas drilling company hired pressure pumping and Coleman to perform work at a fracking site. Coleman was seriously injured. The work done was a regular part of Chief’s business. Coleman and Western failed to produce evidence that the work…
Whitmoyer v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, 2018 Pa. LEXIS 2995 (June 19, 2018) Donohue, J.The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (“WCA”) makes an employer liable for paying the disability benefits and medical expenses of an employee who sustains an injury in the course of his or her employment. See 77 P.S. §§ 431 (disability), 531 (medical). This liability attaches without regard…