J.G. Furniture Division v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
J.G. Furniture Division v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, 585 Pa. 473 (Pa. 2005)
889 A.2d 44
J.G. Furniture Division v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Opinion of the Court
AND NOW, this 21st day of December, 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby granted, limited to the following issue:
Whether an injury that resolves into a specific loss is a “new injury” for purposes of determining the compensation rate or whether it is merely a continuum of the original injury, in which circumstance the original compensation rate controls.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- J.G. FURNITURE DIVISION/BURLINGTON and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (KNELLER) Petition of J.G. Furniture Division/Burlington and Kemper Insurance Company
- Status
- Published