Lebanon Valley Brethren Home v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Lebanon Valley Brethren Home (Employer) and the Workers’ Compensation Security Fund 1 (Security Fund) (collectively, Security Fund), petition for review of an adjudication of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) holding the Security Fund hable for attorneys’ fees. The Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) held that the Security Fund’s contest was unreasonable because it failed to offer an explanation for its failure to pay certain outstanding medical and indemnity benefits owed to Larue Flammer (Claimant). However, the Security Fund did not contest its obligation…