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RISSMILLER v. W.C.A.B. (WARMINSTER TP.)

768 A.2d 1212 (2001)

Horace RISSMILLER, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WARMINSTER TOWNSHIP), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Arena, Blue Bell, for petitioner.

David S. Reno, Fort Washington, for respondent.

Before SMITH, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, and NARICK, Senior Judge.

LEADBETTER, Judge.

Petitioner claims in this appeal that an oral agreement to settle a workers' compensation subrogation dispute is enforceable. Based upon both the applicable statute and recent caselaw, we hold that it is not, and thus affirm the order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board).

In 1995, claimant Horace B. Rissmiller suffered a work-related motor vehicle accident for which he received temporary total disability benefits of $509 per...

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