Law360 (May 24, 2021, 3:52 p.m. EDT) – In a ruling released Monday, a Pennsylvania appeals court dismissed arguments containing evidence of planning that went into a former transit worker’s decision to commit suicide after being at work Suffering a back injury meant that his family was not eligible for death benefit through the state compensation scheme.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority had hoped to avoid paying death benefits to Gregory Hansell’s family based on case law limiting suicide payments to cases where a worker’s “normal, rational judgment” is lost due to mental disorder, which was caused by a person-job injury.
While SEPTA is looking for evidence of deliberate planning before …
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