Skip to main content
Federal & State Lawfederalstatelaw.com
Home/Federal/Cases
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 10/30/2013

Payes v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Citations

  • 79 A.3d 543
  • 621 Pa. 564
  • 2013 WL 5826046
  • 2013 Pa. LEXIS 2588

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that upon appellate review should be based on WCJ’s actual findings rather than isolated testimony to arrive at a different determination than the WCJ
  • holding that, because psychic injury cases are highly fact-sensitive, a reviewing court must give deference to the factfinding functions of the WCJ and limit review to determining whether the WCJ’s findings of fact are supported by the evidence
  • holding that, because psychic injury cases are highly fact-sensitive, a reviewing court must give deference to the factfinding functions of the WCJ and limit review to determining whether the WCJ’s findings of fact are supported by the evidence
  • explaining that claimants seeking benefits for psychic injuries caused by psychic stimuli must demonstrate that they were subjected to abnormal working conditions
  • holding that, even where a “claimant generically belongs to a profession that involves certain levels or types of stress,” the abnormal working condition analysis does not end because, if it did, “the court’s analysis would not rest upon the unique factual findings of the case”
  • characterizing basis for award of benefits in case where the claimant was “exposed to abnormal working conditions, not events that were inherent in police work”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Baer, Castille, Eakin, McCaffery, Melvin, Saylor, Todd

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Payes v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.