JOYCE v. W.C.A.B. (STYLETTE PLASTICS)


709 A.2d 1011 (1998)

Cecelia JOYCE, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (STYLETTE PLASTICS, INC.), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Homyak, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

George M. Evan, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Before DOYLE and SMITH, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) properly applied collateral estoppel to preclude Cecelia Joyce's claim that she was entitled to receive commuted partial disability benefits in the amount of $31,607.00, which the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) previously granted to Stylette Plastics, Inc. (Employer) as credit against an award of total disability benefits for a separate injury.

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