Lackawanna Refuse v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Lackawanna Refuse and the United States Fidelity and Guaranty 'Company (petitioners) appeal an order of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision granting the claimant’s petition to set aside a final receipt.

This matter is essentially a dispute between the claimant’s former and current employers, or, more precisely, between their respective insurance companies, as to who is responsible for his current disability. We agree with the Board that:

The law is clear. If the current disability is an “aggravation” of the prior…