Halaski v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Mrs. Halaski was employed as a Pantry Girl by the Hilton Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received workmen’s compensation benefits for .the period from October 23, 1973 to April 18, 1975 as the result of a back injury suffered on October 15, 1973 in the course of her employment. She returned to work at the Hilton Hotel in December 1975 and continued working until March 1976. On March 17, 1976 she filed a reinstatement petition with the Bureau of Labor and Industry, alleging that the disability from the October 15, 1973 injury had recurred in her leg and shoulder as a result of injuries sustained in another work related incident on March 8, 1976. On July 12, 1976 she additionally filed an original claim petition for compensation for the March 8,1976 injury. The referee conducted one hearing on both petitions at which the .only witnesses were Mrs. Halaski and Dr. Samnel Sherman, an examining physician called by Mrs. Halaski. The referee denied both petitions on the ground that Mrs. Halaski had failed to prove either that her new disability was related to the October 15, 1973 injury or that she sustained a compensable injury on March 8,1976.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hilton Hotel v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board