Vey v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

RODGERS, Senior Judge.

Charles Vey (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a decision by a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) granting the modification petition filed by Coco Brothers, Inc. (Employer). The issue before the Court is whether the WCJ erred in applying the net method, rather than the gross method, to determine Employer’s subrogation rights and liabilities with respect to a third-party settlement.1

*15On December 24, 1985, Claimant suffered a compensable work-related injury when the scaffold on which he was working…