Legal Opinion · Dissent

Indian Creek Supply v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 1999Published

1DissentLeadbetter, Judge

I respectfully dissent. As this court has noted:

Recently, our Supreme Court held, in Harle v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Telegraph Press, Inc.), 540 Pa. 482, 658 A.2d 766 (1995), that an employer is entitled to suspension of a claimant’s benefits when the claimant is capable of returning to his or her time-of-injury job with residual disability even if the employer has not shown job availability.

Pan Bldg. Corp. v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Bd. (Thompson), 698 A.2d 697, 700 (Pa.Cmwlth.1997). See also David B. Torrey and Andrew E. Green-berg, Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation:…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Harle v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Pan Building Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API