Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

In this case we address the recently amended “fellow employee” limitation to a claimant’s recovery of compensation and wages under Section 306(b)(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1 Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. (Employer) challenges a determination that Scott Baun (Claimant) did not receive more in compensation and wages than fellow employees. Because Employer failed to prove fellow employees were engaged in employment similar to that of Claimant at the time of his injury, we affirm.

Claimant, a splicing technician, sustained a work-related low back injury on…