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MENCHER v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 2036 C.D. 1979.

56 Pa.Commw. 92 (1981)

Steve J. Mencher, Jr., Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin H. Beachler, McArdle, Caroselli, Spagnolli & Beachler, for petitioner.

Raymond F. Keisling, with him Ronald Ganassi, Will & Keisling, for respondent, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.

Argued December 12, 1980, before Judges ROGERS, BLATT and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, January 14, 1981:

We are required in this workmen's compensation case to review the conclusion of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board that Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, a self-insured employer, had a reasonable basis for contesting the claim of Steve J. Mencher, Jr. for compensation for total disability. At issue is Mencher's entitlement to an award for an attorney's fee. A referee made an award but the Workmen's Compensation...

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