Gunter v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

JUSTICE CASTILLE.

This Court granted review in this case to address the effect of the payment of injured on duty (“IOD”) benefits to a Philadelphia police officer, under authority of Philadelphia’s Civil Service Regulation 32, upon the City/employer’s right to oppose the police officer’s later petition for workers’ compen*388sation benefits. The Commonwealth Court held that the payment of IOD benefits is not the workers’ compensation equivalent of an employer issuing a notice of compensation payable (“NCP”) and, for that reason, held that the City could properly challenge the…