City of Philadelphia v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

The City of Philadelphia (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) granting Alfred Operacz’s (Claimant) motion to quash Employer’s appeal as untimely filed under Section 423 of the Workers’ Compensation Act.1

Claimant was receiving total disability benefits for heart and lung disease that he incurred after working for more than 30 years for Employer as a firefighter but they were reduced when he took other employment. When his heart and lung disease progressed so that he could no longer work, Claimant filed a petition for modification…