Barna v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

We granted the petition for allowance of appeal of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.1 (hereinafter referred to as “J & L”) to determine whether our decision in Beissel v. W.C.A.B. *520(John Wanamaker, Inc.), 502 Pa. 178, 465 A.2d 969 (1983) precludes termination of disability payments under 77 P.S. § 771, where the payments were made under a mistaken belief that the cause of an employee’s disability was work-related.

Appellee, claimant under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, art. 1, as amended, 77 P.S. § 1 et seq.,…