GRAPHIC PACKAGING, INC. v. W.C.A.B. (ZINK)


929 A.2d 695 (2007)

GRAPHIC PACKAGING, INC., Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (ZINK), Respondent. George Zink, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Graphic Packaging), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. McCadden, Media, for designated petitioner, Graphic Packaging, Inc.

Jerome P. Foley, Mt. Pocono, for respondent, George Zink.

BEFORE: FRIEDMAN, Judge, and COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge FRIEDMAN.

Graphic Packaging, Inc. (Employer) and George Zink (Claimant) have filed cross-petitions for review of the May 3, 2006, order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming the decision of a workers' compensation judge (WCJ) to award benefits to Claimant for a closed period and to grant Claimant's penalty petition. We affirm in part, and we reverse in part.

Employer hired Claimant, a Vietnam War veteran, as a maintenance...

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