Legal Opinion

Acme Markets, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 16, 1994PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LORD, Senior Judge.

Acme Markets, Inc. (Acme) appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision granting Acme a $4,940 crediVreim-bursement toward workers’ compensation benefits payable to Yvonne Chisom, but reversed the referee’s denial of further counsel fee payments to Chisom’s attorney and ordered Acme to pay Chisom’s counsel twenty percent of the $4,940 credit under The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1

The referee in this case, following a remand from the Board, found that Acme paid Chisom weekly sickness and accident…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Russell v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Chovan v. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Manners v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. LTV Steel Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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