Joyce v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case in which the claimant’s total disability benefits were modified to partial disability benefits upon petition by the employer. The issue *246on appeal is whether the findings of fact on which the modification was based are supported by substantial evidence. In our previous Opinion, 545 Pa. 135, 680 A.2d 855 (1996), we determined that certain evidence submitted by the employer was hearsay and should not have been admitted. We concluded that the finding of job availability was based on this hearsay, and held that there was no substantial…