# Metropolitan Edison Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · July 26, 1996 · 545 Pa. 37

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4952887

## Case

- **Full name:** METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD and Stephen C. Werner
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** July 26, 1996
- **Citations:** 545 Pa. 37; 679 A.2d 772; 1996 Pa. LEXIS 1496
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Consideration, Matter, Newman
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 26th day of July, 1996, the Motion for Permission to File Supplement to Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED. The Application for Supersedeas is DENIED. The Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to:
1) Whether shift work maladaptation syndrome is a compensable injury under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act.
2) Whether the proper burden of proof was applied in the tribunals below.
NEWMAN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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