Court: Pennsylvania Disease Law Doesn’t Preclude Excluded Man’s Tort Action

(November 15, 2023, 1:49 PM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s occupational disease law does not apply to a claim where the disability does not result in lost wages and thus the statute’s exclusivity provision does not bar a tort action under both recent precedent and a “novel and persuasive” interpretation of existing precedent, a Pennsylvania appellate court said Nov. 14 in affirming denial of a motion to dismiss....

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