Legal Opinion
Hannaberry HVAC v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 22, 2003PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*68 OPINION OF THE COURT
Justice CASTILLE.
This Court granted review to determine whether, in amending Section 309(d) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”), see 77 P.S. § 582(d), the General Assembly intended that a seriously and permanently injured full-time worker, whose full-time employment was preceded by part-time after-school employment, should be penalized by having the periods of part-time employment included in the calculation of his average weekly wage. Citing to the overall humanitarian purpose of the Act and the unusual circumstances presented here, both the Workers’ Compensation…
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