LUKENS, INC. v. W.C.A.B. (WILLIAMS)


130 Pa.Commw. 479 (1989)

568 A.2d 981

LUKENS, INC., Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WILLIAMS), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 6, 1989.

Reconsideration Denied February 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry W. Knox, with counsel, Barbara S. Swinger, MacElree, Harvey, Gallagher & Featherman, Inc., West Chester, for petitioner.

Joseph F. Wusinich, III, West Chester, with him, John J. Stanzione, Wusinich and Brogan, West Chester, for respondent Williams.

Before CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge, COLINS, J., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

Lukens, Inc. (Employer) appeals the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board's (Board's) decision reversing the referee, who had granted Employer's Petition for Modification. Employer filed the petition on May 9, 1985, alleging that, as of April 29, 1985, James W. Williams' (Claimant's) benefits should be reduced because there was a job immediately available within his physical and medical circumscriptions. We affirm.

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