(DOWNLOAD) "Township Of Lower Merion V. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board" by Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Township Of Lower Merion V. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
- Author : Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 11, 2001
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 73 KB
Description
The Township of Lower Merion (Employer) petitions for review of the November 9, 2000 order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) to grant Michael Tansey's (Claimant's) review petition and to dismiss his penalty petition as moot. *fn1 The sole issue is whether the Board erred in determining that any portion of a municipal police pension attributable to contributions from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania should not be considered "funded by the employer" for purposes of calculating a pension offset against workers' compensation benefits under Section 204(a) of the Workers' Compensation Act (Act). *fn2 Because we agree that the funds provided by the Commonwealth should not be included in the calculation for the pension offset, we affirm.