Legal Opinion

Fontaine v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 19, 1999PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Isaiah Fontaine, Jr., (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed a decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to modify Claimant’s compensation benefits. We affirm in part, vacate in part and remand.

Claimant was employed as a working foreman for Philip Fountain & Son (Employer), whose business involved installing and removing vault doors. (WCJ’s Findings of Fact, No. 15; Claimant’s brief at 6.) On March 7, 1994, Claimant injured his neck and back as a result of a work-related motor vehicle accident. (WCJ’s Findings of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Kachinski v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Harper & Collins v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Lukens, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Vols v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Four-Way Construction Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. World Kitchen, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. World Kitchen, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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