A.C. & S. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

CRÁIG, President Judge.

Employer A.C. and S. and The PMA Group, employer’s insurer (employer) appeal an order of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming a decision of a referee directing the claimant, Michael Dubil, to pay the employer $61,829.23, from a third-party award the claimant obtained, to satisfy the employer’s subrogation lien for worker’s compensation benefits paid to the claimant.

The questions the employer raises in this appeal are: (1) whether the referee erred by calculating the employer’s subrogation lien based upon attorney’s fees of 40% of the…