City of Erie v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

838 A.2d 598 (2003)

CITY OF ERIE, Appellant

v.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (ANNUNZIATA), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued September 8, 2003.

Decided December 17, 2003.

Richard Edward Bordonaro, Erie, for City of Erie, Appellant.

Amber Marie Kenger, Mechanicburg, Richard C. Lengler, Harrisburg, for W.C.A.B., Appellee.

Charles D. Agresti, Erie, for Jeffrey Annunziata, Appellee.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.

OPINION

Justice NEWMAN.

We granted allocatur in this case to address whether a police officer who suffers an injury in the course of…