GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. W.C.A.B. (RIZZO)


737 A.2d 852 (1999)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY and Electric Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (RIZZO), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 7, 1999.

Reconsideration granted July 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel V. DiLoretto, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Pamela M. Schiller and Barbara E. Holmes, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Before McGINLEY, J., FLAHERTY, J., and RODGERS, Senior Judge.


RODGERS, Senior Judge.1

General Electric Company (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board that affirmed a decision of a workers' compensation judge (WCJ) granting John Rizzo's (Claimant) claim petition requesting benefits for a binaural hearing loss suffered as a result of long-term exposure to hazardous occupational noise.

Claimant has worked for Employer in various capacities for over...

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