DOWHOWER v. W.C.A.B. (CAPCO CONTRACTING)


934 A.2d 774 (2007)

Paul DOWHOWER, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (CAPCO CONTRACTING), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason M. Weinstock, Harrisburg, for petitioner.

James A. Tinnyo, Harrisburg, for respondent.

BEFORE: COLINS, Judge, LEAVITT, Judge, and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

This case comes to the Court on remand from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The case began in 1999 with a petition to review benefits filed by Paul Dowhower (Claimant) alleging that Capco Contracting (Employer) had improperly reduced his disability benefits from total to partial after an impairment rating evaluation (IRE) concluded that Claimant's impairment was 10%. Claimant asserted that Employer's request for the IRE that led to the change...

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