Pittsburgh Board of Education v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Smith)

CRAIG, President Judge.

The Pittsburgh Board of Education (employer) appeals the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee’s decision to terminate total disability compensation to Sharon D. Smith (claimant) and to modify the referee’s decision by releasing counsel fees, which had been held in escrow, to claimant’s counsel. We affirm.

The facts of the case, as found by the referee and the board, are that the claimant, employed as a light housekeeper, sustained a compensable disabling injury on February 5, 1988. The employer issued a notice of compensation payable, but…