CURTIS v. W.C.A.B. (BERLEY ELEC. CO.)


730 A.2d 528 (1999)

Keith CURTIS, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (BERLEY ELECTRIC COMPANY), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Walker, Jr., Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Martin J. Fallon, Jr., Philadelphia, for respondent.

Before PELLEGRINI, J., FLAHERTY, J., and MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.


FLAHERTY, Judge.

Keith Curtis (Claimant) appeals from the order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the Workers' Compensation Judge's (WCJ) granting of Berley Electric Company's (Employer) Petition for Suspension which raises for the first time the issue of whether a claimant's total disability benefits may be suspended under the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (Act) when he voluntarily inflicts an incapacitating injury to himself...

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