Legal Opinion

Lake v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 17, 2000PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Gerald Lake (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing in part and vacating in part the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) order. The WCJ denied the termination petition filed by Whiteford National Lease (Employer) and sua sponte suspended Claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits upon determining that Claimant had returned to work at wages equivalent to those earned from his time of injury job. Claimant presents two issues for our review: First, whether the Board erred by finding that the WCJ capriciously disregarded…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Lehigh County Vo-Tech School v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Boehm v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Gallo v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Dunmore School District v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  5. Anzaldo v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. MPW Industrial Services v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. B & B Drywall, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  3. J. Burgess v. WCAB (Patterson-UTI Drilling Co. LLC)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  4. World Kitchen, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  5. World Kitchen, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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