CORCORAN v. W.C.A.B. (STUART PAINTING)


144 Pa.Commw. 398 (1992)

601 A.2d 887

William CORCORAN, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (STUART PAINTING COMPANY and Aetna Life & Casualty Co.), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 3, 1992.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied June 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, for petitioner.

Dale A. Cable, for respondents.

Before COLINS and BYER, JJ., and BARBIERI, Senior Judge.


BYER, Judge.

The key issue presented in this case is whether the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) erred in affirming the referee, who rejected the employee's expert medical testimony and credited the employer's expert medical testimony in finding that the employee was no longer disabled and could return to his prior employment.

On September 23, 1986, William Corcoran, who worked as a painter for Stuart Painting Company, suffered a work-related injury...

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