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POLIGHT v. W.C.A.B. (JONES & L. STEEL C.)

No. 2222 C.D. 1984.

92 Pa.Commw. 582 (1985)

Louis Polight, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. McTiernan, McArdle, Caroselli, Spagnolli & Beachler, for petitioner.

Leonard P. Kane, Jr., for respondents, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.

Submitted on briefs October 8, 1985, to Judges ROGERS and MacPHAIL, and Senior Judge BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, November 6, 1985:

Louis Polight (Claimant) appeals from a denial of attorney's fees by the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed a referee's award of attorney's fees because it concluded that the contest of the claim by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (Employer) was reasonable. Compensability for the injury itself is not at issue in this appeal.

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