Steeple v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

*396OPINION BY

DOYLE, Senior Judge.

John Steeple (Claimant) petitions this Court for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which reversed the order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) ordering the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Employer) to pay Claimant’s counsel fees for its unreasonable contest.

On May 13, 1991, Claimant sustained a work-related injury while working for Employer and received benefits pursuant to a notice of compensation payable. Employer filed a petition to modify on March 22, 1993, asserting that Claimant had failed to return to work…