PLG125
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Workers' Comp Prac Paralegal
Learning Objectives
Course Objective | Program Objective and/or |
|---|---|
1. Discuss the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act and legal concepts embodied in the Act. | PO2/CWC 1 |
2. Explain the right to compensation to employees for injuries arising out of the employment relationship. |
PO1/CWC3 |
3. Calculate benefits for different types of employment situations. |
PO1/CWC3 |
4. Explain the impact of change of status on benefits and the calculation thereof. |
PO2/CWC2 |
5. Explain the differences between occupational injury or disease and tort liability. |
PO2/CWC2 |
6. Explain obligations of employers and employees upon occurrence of injury. | PO1/CWC2 |
7. Explain the practice and procedure before workers' compensation judges and appellate tribunals. | PO1/CWC2 |
8. Analyze various trial issues including burden of proof, evidence, presumptions, expert witnesses, and attorneys' fees. | PO3/CWC1 |