eBook details
- Title: Crouse V. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
- Author : Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 26, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
Wilbur Crouse (Claimant) petitions for review from the November 29, 2001 order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that reaffirmed its November 22, 1999 order affirming, as modified, the order of Workers' Compensation Judge James Deely (WCJ). The Board's November 22, 1999 order affirmed the WCJ's order granting unreasonable contest fees; *fn1 however, it modified the order to award fees for the closed period of June 14 through December 28, 1995. In this appeal, we are asked to consider whether an unreasonable contest may become reasonable at some later point in the proceedings and thereby end an employer's exposure to unreasonable contest fees for fees incurred after producing evidence sufficient to support a finding of reasonable contest. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the Board's order. *fn2