Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2008

Riddle v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Riddle v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided October 14, 2008
598 Pa. 548; 958 A.2d 1040; 2008 Pa. LEXIS 1773

Riddle v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion of the Court

*549 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 14th day of October, 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED with respect to the following question as rephrased for clarity:

Under Section 306(b) of the Worker’s Compensation Act, 77 P.S. § 512(2), may an employer meet its burden of proof to justify modification of an award of workers’ compensation benefits to an injured non-resident employee, based on an earning power assessment which focused on the location of the employee’s residence, as opposed to the location where the injury occurred?

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