Markle v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

This case is about whether, in a workmen’s compensation reinstatement hearing, an employer’s burden of showing job availability is met by a showing that the job is within claimant’s work-related medical restrictions solely. We granted allocatur, as it is a matter of first impression, to determine *151whether an employer is required to take into consideration pre-existing medical restrictions which are unrelated to claimant’s work injury, in meeting its burden of proof on job availability. Because the Commonwealth Court correctly decided this issue, we affirm.

The parties…