Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Piwowar

This workers’ compensation case concerns whether, after the issuance of a determination order, an employer may partially deny a claim and refuse to pay compensation awarded by the determination order.

Claimant experienced a minor back injury in August, 1981, which employer admits that it accepted. During the year following the injury, claimant’s symptoms were diagnosed alternatively as lumbosacral strain and ankylosing spondylitis. By late 1982, the medical evidence indicated that claimant was medically stationary, and in December, 1982, employer requested claim closure. A determination order…