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CTY OF ALLEGHENY v. W.C.A.B. (PARKER)

Nos. 28 WAP 2017, 29 WAP 2017.

177 A.3d 864 (2018)

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PARKER), Appeal of: Harold Parker, Harold Parker, Appellant, v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (County of Allegheny), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: January 18, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Mark Landay, Esq. , Parker, Harold, for Appellant.

Bradley R. Andreen, Esq. , O'Brien, Rulis & Bochicchio, L.L.C., County of Allegheny, for Appellee.

Amber Marie Kenger, Esq. , Workers Compensation Appeal Board, Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, for Appellee.

Cindy Elaine Sheaffer, Esq. , Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, for Appellee.

George E. Martin III, Esq. , Martin Law LLC, Pennsylvania Association for Justice, for Appellant Amicus Curiae

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

JUSTICE BAER

I. Introduction

Section 440 of the Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act"), 77 P.S. § 996, provides that an employee in a workers' compensation case is entitled to attorney's fees when an insurer unreasonably contests its liability under the Act.1 In the case sub judice, the employer, Allegheny County...

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