Hayduk v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge McGINLEY.

Edward Hayduk (Claimant) petitions for review from the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) in part and affirmed in part. The Board reversed that portion of the WCJ’s order that granted Claimant’s claim petition and awarded costs related to the claim petition. The Board affirmed that portion of the order that Bemis Co., Inc. (Employer) presented a reasonable contest.

Claimant worked twenty-seven years as a maintenance mechanic at a plant that manufactured plastic wrappers for bakery…