Stewart v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

The issue presented is whether expiration of the 500-week period during which a claimant retains eligibility to receive workers’ compensation for partial disability forecloses a subsequent claim for total disability upon deterioration of the claimant’s physical condition.

After thirty years of employment with Appellee Pennsylvania Glass Sand (“Employer”) as a crane operator in a sand environment, Appellant Robert Stewart (“Claimant”) ceased work and filed a claim petition seeking benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1 alleging that he suffered from a disabling,…