County of Allegheny v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (County of Allegheny)

OPINION

JUSTICE BAER.

I. Introduction

Section 440 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), 77 P.S. § 996, provides that an employee in a workers’ compensation case is entitled to attorney’s fees when an insurer unreasonably contests its liability under the Act.1 In the case sub judice, the employer, Allegheny County, was ordered to pay $14,750.00 in attorney’s fees under Section 440 after the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (“WCAB”) determined that the County unreasonably contested its liability under the- Act. Though the County sought supersedeas of that order, arguing that the finding,…