Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

President Judge COLINS.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed an order of a Worker’s Compensation Judge (WCJ) that (1) granted Employer SEPTA’s suspension petition in part, (2) denied SEPTA’s termination petition, and (3) granted the reinstatement petition filed by Claimant Jerry Speca (Claimant).

The facts as found by the WCJ are summarized as follows. SEPTA employed Claimant as a transportation manager, or dispatcher. Finding of Fact No. 19. Sometime in 1996 SEPTA…