State Workers' Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

The State Workers’ Insurance Fund and Harley Davidson of Erie, Inc. (together, Employer) petition for review of that portion of the July 8, 2003, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) which affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to deny, in part, Employer’s amended petition to review or suspend benefits.

On December 19,1998, Gerald Lombardi (Claimant), a part-time funeral escort motorcycle operator with Employer, sustained a fractured fibula of his left leg when he lost control of his motorcycle and landed in a ditch. On January…