COZZONE EX REL. COZZONE v. W.C.A.B.

No. 51 MAP 2012

73 A.3d 526 (2013)

Gina COZZONE, Executrix of the Estate of Andrew A. COZZONE, Appellant v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PA MUNICIPAL/EAST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quintes D. Taglioli, Esq. , Markowitz & Richman, Allentown, for Gina Cozzone, Executrix of the Estate of Andrew A. Cozzone.

Amber Marie Kenger, Esq. , Kathryn McDermott Speaks , Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, for Workers' Compensation Appeal Board.

Sharolyn L. Murphy , Dorman & Murphy, LLP, Ottsville, for PA Municipal/East Goshen Township.

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


OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

This appeal presents an issue of statutory interpretation concerning Section 413(a) of the Workers' Compensation Act ("Act"), 77 P.S. § 772: specifically, whether the claimant/appellant1 should have been permitted to proceed on a post-500-week petition for reinstatement of total disability benefits where he filed that petition within three years of his most recent payment of compensation...

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