Hoover v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY Senior

Judge McCloskey.

Harry Hoover (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming in part and reversing in part the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), granting Claimant’s petition for penalties but refusing to award Claimant attorney fees for an unreasonable contest. 1 We now reverse.

Employer employed Claimant as a union truck driver. Claimant originally sustained injuries to his legs and lower back in the course and scope of his employment with Employer on September 11, 1993, while attempting to disconnect…