Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming the decision of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to dismiss Employer’s modification petition in which Employer sought a credit against its workers’ compensation obligation. We affirm.

On December 20, 1989, while employed in Employer’s Freight Car Division, Charles Gounaris (Claimant) sustained a work-related injury to his left knee, for which he began receiving workers’ compensation benefits. (WCJ’s Findings of Fact, No. 3.) On January 1,1991, Claimant…