New Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

COLINS, President Judge.

New Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Company and the PMA Group (collectively New Bethlehem) petition for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed a workers’ compensation referee’s dismissal of Daniel Kemp’s (Kemp) petition for penalty (petition) under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1 For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse the Board’s decision.

The facts in this case are undisputed and summarized as follows. Kemp sustained a disabling injury on September 14, 1991 during the course of his duties as a volunteer fireman2 with…