TOPPS CHEWING GUM v. W.C.A.B. (WICKIZER)


710 A.2d 1256 (1998)

TOPPS CHEWING GUM, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WICKIZER), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan H. Pecile, Wilkes-Barre, for petitioner.

Nicholas E. Fick, Scranton, for respondent.

Before DOYLE and FRIEDMAN, JJ., and MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.


FRIEDMAN, Judge.

The issue we are asked to decide pertains to the 1993 amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act)1 which are commonly known as Act 44. Specifically, in this case, we consider who bears the burden of proof under the Act 44 amendments to the Act in a Petition for Review of Utilization Review (UR) Determination filed pursuant to section 306(f.1)(6) of the Act. 77 P.S. § 531(6) (amended 1996).

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