Legal Opinion

Careers Express & State Workers' Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 31, 2003Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

Careers Express (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting Employer’s Termination Petition. We affirm.

Pursuant to a Notice of Compensation Payable, Michael Goodman (Claimant) began receiving benefits for a lumbosacral sprain/strain that occurred on December 16, 1999. Thereafter, Employer filed a Termination Petition alleging that Claimant was capable of returning to work as of February 21, 2000. Claimant filed an Answer denying the allegations set…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Udvari v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  2. Republic Steel Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Caplan v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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