Good Tire Service v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

President Judge LEADBETTER.

Employer Good Tire Service petitions for review of the March 27, 2008 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that reversed in part and modified in part the order of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting Employer’s petition to review benefit offset. This case presents a novel issue under Section 319 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 671:1 whether an employer’s pro-rata *1045share of attorney’s fees from a third-party settlement arising out of a work injury should be calculated…