Case Name: Denise KRAMER v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (RITE AID CORPORATION), Petition of Rite Aid Corporation; Denise Kramer, Cross-Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Rite Aid Corporation), Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2003-04-03
Citations: 573 Pa. 32
Docket Number: Petition No. 391 M.D. Alloc. Dkt. 2002
Parties: Denise KRAMER v. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (RITE AID CORPORATION), Petition of Rite Aid Corporation. Denise Kramer, Cross-Petitioner v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Rite Aid Corporation), Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 573
Pages: 32–33

Head Matter:
820 A.2d 700
Denise KRAMER v. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (RITE AID CORPORATION), Petition of Rite Aid Corporation. Denise Kramer, Cross-Petitioner v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Rite Aid Corporation), Respondents.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 3, 2003.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 3rd day of April, 2003, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby granted. The Cross-Petition for Allowance of Appeal is also hereby granted, limited to the following issue:
Whether the defendant's offsetting of compensation benefits by the "severance" pay was a violation of the Pennsylvania and U.S. Constitutions, where the offset violated the equal protection clause?
The Application for Supersedeas is hereby denied.