Legal Question in Workers Comp in Pennsylvania

death of claimant!

A penatly petition is filed for city's failure to reinstate benefits and settled via stipualation - if the claimant dies before signing the stipulation, is his estate entitled to the agreed upon penalty or is the entitlement extinguished on his death? Thanks!


Asked on 6/07/07, 3:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: death of claimant!

I believe that his estate would be entitled to the penalty.

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Answered on 6/09/07, 1:46 pm


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