Ballerino v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Angelo Ballerino (Claimant), a volunteer firefighter, petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that calculated his disability compensation by using the statutory for mula established for voluntary firefighters. The statutory formula presumes that a volunteer firefighter receives at least the Statewide average weekly wage when disability compensation is awarded to a volunteer firefighter injured in the line of duty. Claimant asserts that his presumed statutory wage should have been combined with his pre-injury actual wage, which…