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LANCASTER GENERAL v. W.C.A.B. (WEBER-BROWN)

No. 69 MAP 2010

47 A.3d 831 (2012)

LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL, Appellant v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WEBERBROWN), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Lynn Hackman Jr. , York, Joshua L. Schwartz , W. Jeffrey Sidebottom , Barley Snyder LLC, Lancaster, for Lancaster General Hospital.

William Bradley Gregory , Georgelis Law Firm, P.C., for Janice Weber-Brown.

Amber Marie Kenger , PA Department of Labor & Industry, Richard C. Lengler , Workers Compensation Appeal Board, for Workers Compensation Appeal Board.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this appeal by allowance, we address the proper method of calculating an hourly-wage claimant's average weekly wage under Section 309 of the Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act"),1 77 P.S. § 582, where the specific loss claimant suffers an initial incident, changes employers, and later suffers a work-related injury caused by the initial incident. After careful review, we affirm the decision...

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