IA Construction Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge BROBSON.

Petitioners IA Construction Corporation and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. (collectively, Employer) petition for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board). The Board affirmed the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), which denied Employer’s modification petition pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1 For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the Board’s order.

On January 9, 2007, WCJ David Torrey (WCJ Torrey) issued a decision granting Jeffrey Rhodes’ (Claimant) claim petition, finding that Claimant sustained the…