LAUNDRY OWN. MUT. LIAB. INS. v. W.C.A.B.


537 Pa. 367 (1994)

644 A.2d 697

LAUNDRY OWNERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (STOP-N-GO FOOD STORES), Appellant, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (Barbara HERPAK), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. Lenahan, Lenahan & Dempsey, A.P.C., Brian J. Lenahan, Scranton, for appellant.

Michael R. Hetrick, Carol Cingranelli, W.C.A.B., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Susan Shinkman, Dept. of Labor & Industry, Harrisburg.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.


OPINION

MONTEMURO, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether the Workmen's Compensation Act1 (the Act) entitles an insurer to interest on compensation payments reimbursed from the Supersedeas Fund (the Fund). We now hold it does not.

The facts giving rise to this case are as follows: On June 1, 1982, Barbara Herpak filed a claim petition alleging that she had been disabled in an auto accident on December...

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