Legal Opinion
Lehrer/McGovern v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 20, 1998PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODGERS, Senior Judge.
Lehrer/McGovern (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed a decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) denying Employer’s petition to terminate, modify, suspend or review compensation. The petition asserted a subrogation lien against a third party settlement received by Jerome Sinclair (Claimant). We affirm.
The following facts are not in dispute.1 On April 20, 1988, Claimant, a construction worker, was working on the demolition of a building. A steel “gang box,” approximately five feet, six inches…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Russell v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Manufacturers Casualty Insurance v. Goodville Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- U.S. Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Alvarino v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Erie Insurance Exchange v. EisenhuthSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance v. SquiresCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012
- Updike v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Knightbrook Insurance v. Northfield InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2016
- URBAN v. ALLSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANYDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2021