St. Joe Container Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

St. Joe Container Company (Employer) appeals the order by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) modifying a Referee’s decision which had granted Employer’s request that Andrew Staroschuck (Claimant) receive partial disability payments because he failed to accept suit*674able work.* The Board modified the Referee’s decision by providing that partial disability payments be paid to Claimant for six months but then total disability payments be resumed. The basis for the Board’s decision was that work offered by Employer to Claimant was only available for six months.

Claimant…