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DRAYTON v. W.C.A.B. (FRUEHAUF C.)

No. 2436 C.D. 1987.

122 Pa.Commw. 344 (1988)

551 A.2d 680

Leon Drayton, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Fruehauf Corporation), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Beshore, Milspaw & Beshore, for petitioner.

James F. Carl, Metzger, Wickersham, Knauss & Erb, for respondent.

Submitted on briefs June 7, 1988, to Judges BARRY and SMITH, and Senior Judge NARICK, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE NARICK, December 27, 1988:

The sole issue before us in this workmen's compensation appeal is whether attorney's fees should be assessed against Fruehauf Corp. (Employer) for failure to establish a reasonable basis for its contest of Leon Drayton's (Claimant's) claim for benefits.1 The referee awarded counsel fees; the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board...

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