Seamon v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

761 A.2d 1258 (2000)

Peter Robert SEAMON, Petitioner,

v.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (SARNO & SON FORMALS), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on Briefs May 19, 1999.

Decided November 9, 2000.

Peter Robert Seaman, petitioner, pro se.

Robert T. Panowicz and Jerome G. Dunham, Wilkes-Barre, for respondent.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, COLINS, Judge, SMITH, Judge PELLEGRINI, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, FLAHERTY, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge.

LEADBETTER, Judge.[1]

This case raises a question of first impression regarding the utilization review (UR) provisions of the Workers'…