Case Name: COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PARKER). Petition of: Harold Parker. Harold Parker, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (County of Allegheny), Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-06-06
Citations: 169 A.3d 566
Docket Number: No. 30 WAL 2017; No. 31 WAL 2017
Parties: COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY v. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PARKER) Petition of: Harold Parker Harold Parker, Petitioner v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (County of Allegheny), Respondents
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 169
Pages: 566–566

Head Matter:
COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY v. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PARKER) Petition of: Harold Parker Harold Parker, Petitioner v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (County of Allegheny), Respondents
No. 30 WAL 2017
No. 31 WAL 2017
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 6, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 6th day.of June, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
(a.) Whether the Commonwealth Court erred when it held, without legal precedent, that a workers' compensation claimant's attorney must disgorge and return unreasonable contest attorney's fees if the employer ultimately prevails?
(b.) Whether the disgorgement and return of unreasonable contest attorney's fees when the employer ultimately prevails is better left to the legislature rather than the courts?