Schneider, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Bey)

DOYLE, Judge.

Schneider, Inc. (Employer) and its insurance carrier, Continental Insurance Co., appeal 1 from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that denied Employer’s petition to suspend benefits paid to Omar Bey (Claimant) under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act). 2

Claimant began receiving workers’ compensation benefits after sustaining a work-related back and neck injury on May 19, 1987. On May 12, 1989, Claimant was assaulted and stabbed in the back of his neck and head and suffered severe, non-work-related head trauma, causing brain damage and…