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RAG v. W.C.A.B. (HOPTON)

912 A.2d 1278 (2007)

RAG (CYPRUS) EMERALD RESOURCES, L.P. v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (HOPTON), Appeal of Ronald A. Hopton.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Jacobs, Esq., Somerset, for Ronald A. Hopton.

Thomas C. Baumann, Esq., Lawrence R. Chaban, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

Amber Marie Kenger, Esq., Richard C. Lengler, Esq., Harrisburg, for Workers' Compensation Appeal Board.

Richard Ejzak, Esq., Valerie S. Faeth, Esq., John Mark Pierce, Esq., Pittsburgh, for RAG (Cyprus) Emerald Resources, L.P.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.1

We granted allowance of appeal in this workers' compensation case to decide whether the Commonwealth Court erred or abused its discretion in reversing the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board's (WCAB) decision affirming the Workers' Compensation Judge's (WCJ) conclusion that Appellant Ronald A. Hopton (Claimant) was entitled to workers' compensation benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act...

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