Figured v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue before this Court is whether the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) correctly denied an employer’s termination petition, instead, granting a suspension while denying a claimant’s reinstatement petition.

Eugene Figured (Claimant) and USAir, Inc.1 (USAir) have filed cross-appeals from the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) that affirmed the WCJ’s denial of USAir’s termination petition and granting a suspension, while denying Claimant’s reinstatement petition. We affirm.

Claimant worked as an airline mechanic for over thirty years for USAir until…