Arlet, R. v. WCAB (L&I) - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN DISTRICT ROBERT ARLET, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION), Respondents : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 262 WAL 2020 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 26th day of May, 2021, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is: Did the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania err as a matter of law in its July 29, 2020 Opinion and Order when it affirmed the W[orkers’ Compensation Appeal Board]’s finding that Acadia [Insurance Company] did not have a right of subrogation for benefits paid to [Petitioner] under a Jones Act[1] policy of insurance, despite the Commonwealth Court’s initial holding in this case that [Petitioner] was not a seaman and/or crew member entitled to the benefits which Acadia should not have paid him? 1 Section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 46 U.S.C. § 688.
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