DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. W.C.A.B. (KING)


884 A.2d 343 (2005)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE/POLK CENTER, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (KING), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 25, 2005.

Publication Ordered October 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Pentz, Erie, for petitioner.

Eric P. Betzner, Washington, for respondent.

Lawrence R. Chaban, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Judge, and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

Department of Public Welfare/Polk Center (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the decision of a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) denying Employer a pension offset pursuant to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (Act).1 We affirm.

Kenneth King (Claimant) sustained an injury at work on November 8, 1999...

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