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GUMM v. W.C.A.B. (STEEL)

942 A.2d 222 (2008)

Chris GUMM, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (J. Allan STEEL), Respondent J. Allan Steel Company and Old Republic Insurance Services, Petitioners v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Gumm), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara J. Klein, Pittsburgh, for designated petitioner, Chris Gumm.

Gerald R. O'Brien, Jr., Pittsburgh, for respondent, J. Allan Steel Company.

P. Timothy Kelly, Scranton, for amicus curiae, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and KELLEY, Senior Judge.

OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

In these workers' compensation appeals, Chris Gumm (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) insofar as it reversed an award of a penalty and unreasonable contest attorney fees against J. Allan Steel Company, and its workers' compensation carrier, Old Republic Insurance Services (collectively, Employer). Claimant asserts Employer's failure to file an appropriate document accepting his work...

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