PAYES v. W.C.A.B. (STATE POLICE)

No. 50 MAP 2011

79 A.3d 543 (2013)

Philip PAYES, Appellant v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (Commonwealth PA STATE POLICE), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quintes D. Taglioli, Esq. , Markowitz & Richman, Allentown, for Philip Payes.

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

James A. Mazzotta, Esq. , Fried, Kane, Walters, Zuschlag & Grochmal, Pittsburgh, for State Police.

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


OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

Allowance of appeal was granted so that this Court could determine whether the Commonwealth Court erred by affirming the reversal by the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board ("WCAB") of the decision of a workers' compensation judge ("WCJ") that granted the claim petition of Appellant, Philip Payes. The WCJ had determined that Appellant was entitled to workers' compensation disability benefits based on factual findings that...

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