# P & R Welding & Fabricating v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · April 2, 1996 · 543 Pa. 646

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6265287

## Case

- **Full name:** P & R WELDING & FABRICATING and the Donegal Mutual Insurance Company v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (Larry J. Pergola). Petition of Larry J. PERGOLA
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** April 2, 1996
- **Citations:** 543 Pa. 646; 674 A.2d 223; 1996 Pa. LEXIS 622
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Consideration, Matter, Newman
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that the gross method is “preferred”

## Opinion text

*647
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW this 2nd day of April, 1996, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to whether the gross or net methodology is to be utilized in determining an employers’/insurers’ subrogation rights and liabilities where a claimant recovers in a third-party tort action.
NEWMAN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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