Coppley v. PPG Industries, Inc.

I read the majority as holding that an opinion and award (opinion) of the full Commission is valid if two of the commissioners, who are authorized to act (i.e. have not retired), indicate their written concurrence to the opinion at the time of its filing. This is so, according to my reading of the majority’s opinion, even if the third commissioner is no longer authorized to act as a commissioner at the time of the filing. I disagree with this holding and I, therefore, dissent.

In my opinion, there must be three commissioners authorized to act at the time the opinion is signed and at the time…