Bechtel Power Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

In this appeal, Bechtel Power Corporation (Bechtel) and the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance Company, Bechtel’s insurer, appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compénsation Appeal Board (Board) which granted a reinstatemént petition filed by Kevin G. Casey (Claimant).

The referee found that Claimant had filed his reinstatement petition on November 9, 1984 alleging a low-back injury in 1981 and a reinjury in 1984. Bechtel had initially denied a claim of injury for the 1981 occurrence but later, on January 22, 1982, it entered into a supplemental agreement…