King v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This case involves an employer’s petition to terminate workers’ compensation benefits due to the claimant’s complete recovery, where a previous petition based on the same grounds was denied. Commonwealth Court held that the second petition “must fail by reason of issue preclusion,” because the employer failed to demonstrate that the claimant’s *77condition had changed after the denial of the first termination petition. King v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (K-Mart Corporation), 664 A.2d 1087, 1091 (Pa.Cmwlth.1995). We reverse.

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