HARLE v. W.C.A.B. (TELEGRAPH PRESS)


540 Pa. 482 (1995)

658 A.2d 766

John W. HARLE v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (TELEGRAPH PRESS, INC.) Appeal of TELEGRAPH PRESS, INC. and Kansas City Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 16, 1995.

Reargument Denied July 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Reed, Harrisburg, for Telegraph Press.

David F. Tamanini, Harrisburg, for J.W. Harle.

Norman R. Haigh, Secty., for W.C.A.B.

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


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Does the Workers' Compensation Act permit termination of benefits where a claimant is capable of performing his pre-injury job without restrictions despite minor residual physical effects from the injury? May benefits be terminated or suspended where, following the employer's cessation of business, such a claimant begins working for a different employer, performing the same duties as his pre-injury job, at a lower wage? These...

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