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DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 202 C.D. 1979.

48 Pa.Commw. 546 (1980)

Duquesne Light Company, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Robert Sweeney, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Lee, for petitioner.

Sandra S. Christianson, with her Larry A. Makel, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondents.

Argued December 3, 1979, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., January 18, 1980:

This is an appeal by petitioner (employer) from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming an award of benefits to the respondent (claimant) and placing the burden of full payment on employer rather than dividing it with the Commonwealth. We affirm the award but reverse the placing of the full burden of payment on the employer and place 25% on the Commonwealth.

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