Legal Opinion
Frazier v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 28, 2012PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*243 OPINION
Justice BAER.1
In July, 1993, the General Assembly significantly amended the Workers’ Compensation Act2 with sweeping legislation known commonly as Act 44.3 A portion of Act 44, namely Section 23, provides as follows:
The Commonwealth, its political subdivisions, their officials and employees acting within the scope of their duties shall enjoy and benefit from sovereign and official immunity from claims of subro-gation or reimbursement from a claimant’s tort recovery -with respect to workers’ compensation benefits.
We granted allowance of appeal in this case to determine whether the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Lehigh County Vo-Tech School v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Dean v. Com., Dept. of Transp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Thompson v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Commonwealth v. LobiondoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Scientific Games International, Inc. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Stermel v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Domtar Paper Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Weisblatt, E., and S. Sear v. Gov. Wolf - No.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
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