Devault Packing Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Devault Packing Company, Inc. (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) which reversed the decision of a Workers’ Compen*742sation Judge (WCJ) and granted the Penalty Petition filed by Alan Jones (Claimant) on August 23,1993.

In 1983, Claimant sustained a work-related injury and received workers’ compensation benefits pursuant to a Notice of Compensation Payable. (R.R. at 5a.) In June 1988, Employer filed a Modification Petition, requesting a supersedeas. (WCJ’s Finding of Fact, No. 2.) The WCJ denied the superse-deas request in a decision…