Legal Opinion

John J. Kane Glen Hazel Regional Center v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 1996PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RODGERS, Senior Judge.

John J. Kane Glen Hazel Regional Center (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision denying Employer’s request to recoup an overpayment of attorney’s fees. We affirm.

By order dated January 22, 1991, WCJ Linda Tobin1 granted the claim petition filed by Thomas Rust (Claimant), awarding compensation for an injury Claimant suffered on February 15, 1990, and suspending compensation effective May 13, 1990. The order directed Employer to pay Claimant’s attorney’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fahringer, McCarty & Grey, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Phillips v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Martell v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998

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