Court Opinion

ID: 9765384
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:01:31.387813+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:09.458330
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Judge Barry:
I agree with the major premise of the majority opinion that the claimants compensation should be based on the salary he was earning at the time of the initial injury, as we are here presented with a recurrence of that injury rather than a new injury or an aggravation of a prior injury. Unfortunately for the employer, the argument it advances to this effect has been waived, as this argument is presented to this Court without having been advanced before the Board. Hence this dissent.
When the employer appealed the referees award which computed compensation on claimants 1982 earning levels, the employer alleged only that the referees factual findings were not supported by substantial evidence. No allegation of error was made concerning reliance on an improper average weekly wage standard. Under these circumstances, I believe that the employer is precluded from now raising this question for the first time in this Court. See Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co., 457 Pa. 255, 322 A.2d 114 (1974). Accordingly, I would affirm the order of the Board.