Legal Opinion

Philip Morris/Kraft Foods, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 29, 1997No. 1764 C.D. 1996PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LORD, Senior Judge.

Philip Morris/Kraft Foods, Inc. (employer) petitions this Court for review of a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) order that affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision granting claimant Susan Levan’s claim petition and awarding her benefits based on an average weekly wage of $702.39, which included a business expense allowance.1

The WCJ rendered findings of fact, from which we derive the following. Levan filed a claim petition alleging that, in about February 1993, she had suffered a work-related herniated disc at C5-6. Levan had to set up displays of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Russell v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Greenwich Collieries v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Sherrod v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Glinka v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Lane Enterprises, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Pike v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Lennon v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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