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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

City of Pittsburgh (Police) and UPMC :
Benefit Management Services, Inc., :
   Petitioners :
    :
v.   : No. 1025 C.D. 2011
    : Submitted: October 28, 2011
Workers. Compensation Appeal  :
Board (Lewandowski),  :
   Respondent :

BEFORE: HONORABLE BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, President Judge1
1 This case was assigned to the opinion writer on or before January 6, 2012, when President Judge Leadbetter completed her term as President Judge.
HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge
HONORABLE PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge

OPINION NOT REPORTED

MEMORANDUM OPINION
BY JUDGE BROBSON   FILED: March 8, 2012


Petitioners City of Pittsburgh (Police) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Benefit Management Services, Inc. (Employer) petition for review of an order of the Workers. Compensation Appeal Board (Board).  The Board affirmed the decision of Workers. Compensation Judge Pamela Briston (WCJ), which dismissed Employer.s petition to suspend the workers. compensation benefits of Anthony Lewandowski (Claimant).  We reverse the order of the Board and remand.  
Claimant was working for Employer as a police officer on May 9, 1995, when a truck owned by the fire department struck from behind the car in which Claimant was driving and forced Claimant.s car into another vehicle.  
According to the WCJ.s decision, Claimant began to receive benefits under the law commonly known as the Heart and Lung Act.2  By letter dated July 31, 1995, Claimant advised Employer that he was retiring from his pre-injury position as a Detective Second Grade for reason of a

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