Legal Opinion
Snizaski v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 22, 2006No. 36 WAP 2004PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice CASTILLE.
This appeal presents the question of whether the Workers’ Compensation Judge (‘WCJ”) erred in granting a claimant’s penalty petition against an employer who failed to pay a workers’ compensation award within thirty (30) days of the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (“the Board”) awarding the benefit, in alleged violation of Section 428 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”),1 but where the employer failed to pay the award in reliance upon a supersedeas request it timely filed pursuant to Section 111.22 of the Pennsylvania Administrative Code. 34…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. L.N.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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