TRANSAMERICAN v. W.C.A.B.


149 Pa.Commw. 95 (1992)

612 A.2d 598

TRANSAMERICAN OFFICE FURNITURE, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (SETEGNA FANTA), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Shane Creamer, Jr., for petitioner.

Robert S. Waldman, for respondent.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, and McGINLEY, (P.) and KELLEY, JJ.


KELLEY, Judge.

Transamerican Office Furniture (employer) appeals an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board directing employer to pay ongoing counsel fees of twenty percent of Setegna Fanta's (claimant) award to claimant's attorney based on a determination that employer's contest of claimant's compensation was unreasonable. We affirm.

Claimant was employed as a warehouseman for employer when he sustained an injury to his back on August 26, 1988. Claimant...

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