Calcara v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• causation of a gradual, cumulative injury is not obvious and must be shown by medical evidence
• where “the causal connection is so clear that a lay person can see the connection . . . . the claimant’s testimony is sufficient to connect the injury to the claimant's employment, and additional medical testimony is not required”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Giant Eagle, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-05· cited 27×
• Albert Einstein Healthcare v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-08-04· cited 6×
• City of Philadelphia v. Civil Service Commission
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-06-20· cited 4×
• Cataldi v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-09-08· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Walker v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-12-13· cited 330×
• House v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-04· cited 260×
• Morey v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-31· cited 69×
• Morgan v. Giant Markets, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-24· cited 56×
• McCray v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-14· cited 19×
• Davis v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-10-17· cited 14×
• Zoltak v. Keystone-Harmony Dairy
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-11-20· cited 11×
• Tynan v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-03-09· cited 10×
• Zander v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-24· cited 8×