Legal Opinion
City of Philadelphia v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 13, 1997No. 2039 C.D. 1996PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Judge.
The City of Philadelphia (City) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) which affirmed the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting Derrick Harvey (Claimant) sixty-one weeks of compensation benefits for disfigurement pursuant to section 306(c)(22) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1
Claimant was employed as a firefighter for the City. On January 13, 1994, while fighting a fire, Claimant was injured when a portion of the ceiling in the burning building fell and hit Claimant, knocking his helmet off, cutting Claimant and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- American Refrigerator Equipment Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Hastings Industries v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Purex Corp. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board of the Commonwealth v. PizzoCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- East Coast Shows v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Dow v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Joy Global, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- McCole v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Carlettini v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Walker v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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