PITTSBURGH BD. OF EDUC. v. W.C.A.B.


149 Pa.Commw. 297 (1992)

613 A.2d 99

PITTSBURGH BOARD OF EDUCATION, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (SMITH), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veleter M.B. Mazyck, for petitioner.

Thomas P. Geer, for respondent.

Richard G. Spagnolli, for amicus curiae, Pa. Trial Lawyer's Ass'n.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, PELLEGRINI, J. and BLATT, Senior Judge.


CRAIG, President Judge.

The Pittsburgh Board of Education (employer) appeals the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee's decision to terminate total disability compensation to Sharon D. Smith (claimant) and to modify the referee's decision by releasing counsel fees, which had been held in escrow, to claimant's counsel. We affirm.

The facts of the case, as found by the referee and the board, are that the claimant, employed as...

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