City of Pittsburgh v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge BROBSON.

City of Pittsburgh (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), dated March 17, 2010, which affirmed the decision and order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ). The WCJ granted in part and denied in part Employer’s Petition to Suspend Compensation Benefits on the grounds that Mark Leonard (Claimant) voluntarily removed himself from the workforce. We affirm the Board’s order.

Claimant began working for Employer as a police officer on December 3, 1984. On August 10, 1994, Claimant sustained a work-related injury to his…