CLEAVER v. W. C. A. B. (WILEY/CONT. FOOD S.).

No. 85 C.D. 1982.

72 Pa.Commw. 487 (1983)

Linda Y. Cleaver, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Robert E. Wiley/Continental Food Service), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Christian Ness, with him William H. Poole, Jr., Shoemaker & Ness, for petitioner.

Stephen J. Harlen, Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, for respondents.

Argued February 3, 1983, before Judges ROGERS, BLATT and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, March 10, 1983:

The claimant in this Workmen's Compensation case has petitioned for review of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board which reversed a referee's award of counsel fees.

The award of reasonable attorney fees is authorized where liability is contested, "Provided, That cost for attorney fees may be excluded when a reasonable basis for the contest has...

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