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
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2005-12-21
Citations: 585 Pa. 473
Docket Number: Petition Nos. 114 & 115 MAL 2005
Parties: 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.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 585
Pages: 473–474

Head Matter:
889 A.2d 44
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.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec. 21, 2005.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
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.