Linton v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Paul Linton (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that denied his request for attorneys’ fees incurred in defending the modification petition filed by his employer, Amcast Industrial Corporation (Employer). Claimant asserts that Employer’s modification petition, which was its second, was barred by the doctrine of res judicata or collateral estoppel and, as such, unreasonable as a matter of law. Discerning no merit to this contention, we affirm the Board.

This case began when Claimant tripped and fell to the…