WM. H. RORER, INC. v. W.C.A.B. (STAFFIERI)

No. 287 Misc. Docket No. 4.

110 Pa.Commw. 642 (1987)

532 A.2d 1283

William H. Rorer, Inc. and Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company, Petitioners v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Staffieri), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on briefs September 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Weber, with him, Clifford A. Goldstein, Rawle & Henderson, for petitioners.

Walter D. Campbell, for respondent, Joseph J. Staffieri.

To Judges COLINS and PALLADINO, and Senior Judge KALISH, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE KALISH, November 5, 1987:

The employer, William H. Rorer, Inc., seeks review of a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which ordered that it pay counsel fees to Joseph J. Staffieri's (claimant) attorney pursuant to section 440 of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §996. We reverse.

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