Edgewater Steel Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

COLINS, President Judge.

Edgewater Steel Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (collectively, employer) petition for review of the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming reinstatement of Robert Beers’s disability benefits after suspension pursuant to a supplemental compensation agreement. Although the petition for reinstatement was filed more than 500 weeks after the date of the suspension, the Board concluded that the employer had waived its right to assert the statute-of-limitations defense and that the employer was equitably estopped from attempting to…