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AMERICAN BELT CO. v. W.C.A.B. (FIGUEREO)

755 A.2d 77 (2000)

The AMERICAN BELT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (FIGUEREO), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan F. Ball, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Eleanor T. Segal, Philadelphia, for respondent.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, and COLINS, J., McGINLEY, J., SMITH, J., PELLEGRINI, J., FLAHERTY, J. and LEADBETTER, J.

LEADBETTER, Judge.

Section 320(a) of the Workers' Compensation Act,1 77 P.S. § 672(a) provides that an employer who illegally hires an underage employee must pay a fifty per cent penalty in addition to standard workers' compensation benefits if that underage employee is injured. In this case, the court must determine the standard to be applied under this provision where the minor was hired based upon her false representation that...

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