Harle v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Does the Workers’ Compensation Act permit termination of benefits where a claimant is capable of performing his pre-injury job without restrictions despite minor residual physical effects from the injury? May benefits be terminated or suspended where, following the employer’s cessation of business, such a claimant begins working for a different employer, performing the same duties as his pre-injury job, at a lower wage? These are the questions raised in this appeal.

John W. Harle was employed as a pressman with Telegraph Press, Inc. While working on October 12, 1987, he…