Process Instrumentation & Electric v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

LEADBETTER, Judge.

Process Instrumentation & Electric (employer) appeals the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board’s1 (Board’s) order, which reversed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ’s) decision granting employer’s petition to modify David Drama’s (claimant’s) benefits. The question presented is whether the WCJ erred in determining that claimant acted in bad faith in failing to pursue a job referral in which he was not interested, when the job referral notice apparently gave claimant the option of not applying. For the following reasons, we reverse.

On October 24, 1991, claimant was injured…