Legal Opinion

BJ's Wholesale Club v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 10, 2012No. 2010 C.D. 2011PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Senior Judge COLINS.

BJ’s Wholesale Club (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision and order of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting the Claim Petition of Denise Pearson (Claimant) and awarding her total disability benefits. In his decision and order, the WCJ found that Claimant was unable to return to her pre-injury position and ordered Employer to pay total disability benefits, even though Claimant had been provided with light-duty work at the same pay and had been terminated from that job…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Lewis v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Vista International Hotel v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Daniels)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Coyne v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. Somerset Welding & Steel v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Hertz-Penske Truck Leasing Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Brewer v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Anderson v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Armstrong Kover Kwick, Inc. v. WCAB (Michel)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  4. Carson Valley School and Inservco Ins. Svcs., Inc. v. WCAB (Estate of A. Conway)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. County of Allegheny v. M. Marzano (WCAB)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2024

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