Coyne Textile v. WCAB (Voorhis)

In Coyne Textile v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Voorhis), 840 A.2d 372 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003), the employer filed both a suspension and termination petitions. The claimant filed a reinstatement petition, a review petition, and a challenge petition to the suspension petition. While the case was proceeding, but before the WCJ had addressed the petitions, the parties entered into a compromise and release "agreeing to settle all future compensation." Coyne, 840 A.2d at 374. In recounting the procedural history, the Court noted that: The WCJ approved the parties' C&R concluding, in relevant part, that the C&R provided for the discontinuance and withdrawal of the Reinstatement Petition and Review Petition. The WCJ further concluded that, by the express terms of the C&R, the Termination and Challenge Petitions were to remain open to be subsequently adjudicated by the WCJ after approval of the C&R. Id. Additionally, "the WCJ noted that the sole reason for Coyne Textile's request that the Termination and Challenge Petitions be adjudicated after the compromise and release was approved was to potentially secure an alleged overpayment reimbursement from the Supersedeas Fund for benefits previously paid to Claimant." Id.