CATALDI v. W.C.A.B. (LANE CO., INC.)


738 A.2d 1074 (1999)

Joseph V. CATALDI, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (LANE COMPANY, INC.), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Hart, Jr., Upper Darby, for petitioner.

Sarah E. Reese, Philadelphia, for respondent.

Before COLINS, President Judge, LEADBETTER, J., and MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.


COLINS, President Judge.

Joseph Cataldi appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) suspending benefits for a closed period as a result of Cataldi's failure to appear for an independent medical examination (IME).1 We reverse.

On July 16, 1981, Cataldi fell through the roof while in the course and scope of his employment. As a result of that...

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