Legal Opinion
Donaldson v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 26, 1999PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEADBETTER, Judge.
Claimant, Samuel Donaldson, petitions for review of the September 3, 1997 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the order of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ). The question presented is whether the Workers’ Compensation Security Fund (Fund) has a valid statutory subrogation lien with respect to claimant’s third-party recovery in a civil action.
Donaldson sustained a work-related injury on May 1, 1985, while working for Joseph B. Fay Company. Pursuant to a Notice of Compensation Payable, Westmoreland Casualty, employer’s insurance carrier at the…
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- Reliance Insurance v. Richmond MacHine Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Miles v. Van MeterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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