Legal Opinion

Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 4, 2014PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge COVEY.

Frog, Switch & Manufacturing Company (Employer) petitions this Court for review of the Workers’ Compensation (WC) Appeal Board’s (Board) January 2, 2014 order affirming the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision granting Lindora Johnson’s (Claimant) Claim Petition. Employer presents two issues for this Court’s review: (1) whether the WCJ’s findings of fact are supported by substantial evidence, and (2) whether the WCJ applied the proper standard to Claimant’s work injury in determining whether Claimant met her burden of proof.

Claimant began working as a “rover” for…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Lewis v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Procito v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. RAG (Cyprus) Emerald Resources, L.P. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Rosenberg v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. C. Sadler v. WCAB (Philadelphia Coca-Cola)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  2. A. Griffis v. WCAB (Albert Einstein Healthcare Network)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  3. A. Nichols v. WCAB (S.D. of Philadelphia)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  4. B. Harris v. WCAB (Allied Barton Security Services, LLC)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Brian Temme Tree Service & SWIF v. J. Ecott (WCAB)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2022

25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API