PHILADELPHIA v. W.C.A.B. (FORD-TILGHMAN)

No. 1049 C.D. 2009

996 A.2d 569 (2010)

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (FORD-TILGHMAN), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth A. Bowers, Eagleville, for petitioner.

Tristram P. Heinz, Philadelphia, for respondent.

BEFORE: McGINLEY, Judge, and BUTLER, Judge, and FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

The City of Philadelphia (Employer) petitions for review from an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision of a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) denying its Termination Petition and instructing that a twenty percent fee was to be paid to counsel for Andrea Ford-Tilghman (Claimant). We affirm.

Claimant sustained an injury in the course and scope of her employment on January 4, 2006...

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