Case Title: United States Steel Mining Co. v. WCAB (Pascia), Petition of: Pascia (Per Curiam Order)

Citation: 

Docket Number: 667WAL2003

State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2004-03-25T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT UNITED STATES STEEL MINING COMPANY, LLC v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PASCIA) PETITION OF: JOSEPH PASCIA : : : : : : : : : : : No. 667 WAL 2003 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court at No. 482 CD 2003 dated October 7, 2003 reversing the decision of the Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board at No. A01-2300. ORDER PER CURIAM: AND NOW, this 24th day of March, 2004, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, the order of the Commonwealth Court is VACATED, and the matter is REMANDED. As Petitioner filed the petition for modification of benefits within the period of eligibility for compensation for partial disability, upon remand, the Commonwealth Court shall apply the standard enunciated in Dillon v. WCAB (Greenwich Collieries), 536 Pa. 490, 498, 640 A.2d 386, 390 (1994). See Stanek v. WCAB (Greenwich Collieries), 562 Pa. 411, 422-23, 756 A.2d 661, 667 (2000).