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Title: Mclaughlin V. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Author : Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Release Date : January 25, 2002
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 70 KB

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Darran McLaughlin (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that reversed the decision of the workers' compensation judge (WCJ) to, inter alia, impose a penalty against St. Francis Country House (Employer) for unilaterally terminating Claimant's medical benefits. The issue on appeal is whether Employer's refusal, pending its petition for termination, to pre-approve a scheduled surgery recommended by Claimant's treating physician without obtaining a supersedeas or any other authority to do so and without disputing the reasonableness or necessity of the surgery in accordance with Section 306(f.1)(6) of the Workers' Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §531(6), constitutes a violation of the Act justifying the WCJ's imposition of a penalty. We reverse.