PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV. v. W.C.A.B. (SOX)

No. 454 C.D. 2013, No. 455 C.D. 2013

83 A.3d 1081 (2013)

The PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY and The PMA Insurance Group, Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (SOX), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 19, 2013.

Reargument Denied February 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl R. Slimak , State College, for petitioner.

Mark A. Givler , Lock Haven, for respondent Thomas Sox.

Fred H. Hait , Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, Judge, and BROBSON, Judge, and JAMES GARDNER COLINS, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge BROBSON.

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) and The PMA Insurance Group (collectively, Employer) petition for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board), dated February 26, 2013. The Board, inter alia, affirmed a Workers' Compensation Judge's (WCJ) decision to award Thomas Sox (Claimant) attorney's fees for unreasonable contest and dismissed as moot a challenge...

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