Cahill v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal, by allowance, from an order of the Commonwealth Court 137 Pa.Cmwlth. 442, 586 A.2d 522, which reversed an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which had reversed a referee’s decision awarding disability benefits to the appellee-claimant, Robert Cahill. Under the Commonwealth Court’s decision, the appellant-employer, North American Coal Corporation, was ordered to pay total disability benefits retroactive to March 5, 1977, with credit for partial disability benefits already paid.

At issue is whether the Commonwealth Court’s…