Legal Opinion

Roadway Express, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 17, 1998No. 47 C.D. 1997PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAHERTY, Judge.

Roadway Express, Inc. (Employer) petitions for review from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed that portion of a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), which concluded that James SieMerka’s (Claimant) petition for specific loss was not time-barred, but reversed the WCJ’s determination that Claimant’s average weekly wage should be calculated from the date of the incident leading to the specific loss. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The facts of this case, as stipulated to by the parties, are as follows:

1. The Claimant…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hinkle v. HJ Heinz CompanySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. McDevitt v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Sellari v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Eddy v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Universal Cyclops Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. School District of Philadelphia v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Capuano v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Serrano v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. J.G. Furniture Division/Burlington v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Watson v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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