SCHACHTER v. W.C.A.B. (SPS TECHNOLOGIES)


910 A.2d 742 (2006)

Joseph SCHACHTER, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (SPS TECHNOLOGIES), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 12, 2006.

Reargument Denied December 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Stern, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Audrey J. Copeland, King of Prussia, for respondent.

BEFORE: McGINLEY, Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Joseph Schachter (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) denying his claim for attorney's fees for unreasonable contest. In doing so, the Board reversed, in part, the decision of a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) awarding such fees. In this case we consider whether an impairment rating evaluation is res judicata as to the permanency of a claimant's disability for purposes...

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