RILEY WELDING v. W.C.A.B.


147 Pa.Commw. 448 (1992)

608 A.2d 598

RILEY WELDING & FABRICATING, INC., and PMA Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (DEGROFT), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. McGovern, for petitioners.

Joseph R. Kowitski, for respondent.

Before PALLADINO and PELLEGRINI, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

This case requires our court to apply the Supreme Court's decision in Pieper v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Ametek-Thermox Instruments Division), 526 Pa. 25, 584 A.2d 301 (1990). Because of the rationale set forth in Pieper, we reverse.

On September 12, 1985, Ronald B. DeGroft sustained an injury when he jumped from a forklift to avoid being struck...

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