Pa. Liquor Control Board v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

DOYLE, Judge.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed an order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting total and partial disability benefits to Raymond Lardin (Claimant) for varying periods of time *622after he was laid off from a temporary light-duty position with another employer.

On December 30, 1987, Claimant, while working as an Assistant Manager for Employer, sustained a work-related lower back injury (lumbosacral strain) while lifting boxes of champagne.1 Claimant attempted to return to…