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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
M & M STONE COMPANY,

Petitioner v.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (NEEDHAM),

Respondent

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NO. 726 C.D. 2000 SUBMITTED: August 25, 2000

BEFORE:

HONORABLE JOSEPH T. DOYLE, President Judge HONORABLE BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, Judge HONORABLE WILLIAM J. LEDERER , Senior Judge

OPINION BY JUDGE LEADBETTER

FILED: July 23, 2001

M & M Stone Company (M & M) appeals from an order of the Workers Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the Workers' Compensation Judge's (WCJ) granting of benefits to claimant Sammie Needham. M & M argues that Doc's Trucking Company (Doc's), an earlier employer of claimant, is solely liable for claimant's benefits and is subject to Pennsylvania jurisdiction under Section 305.2 of the Workers' Compensation Act (Act)1. Claimant filed claim petitions against M & M and Doc's on November 29, 1993. M & M had earlier issued a notice of workers' compensation denial, checking a box indicating that claimant had not suffered a work-related
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Section 305.2 of the Workers' Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, added by Section 9 of the Act of December 5, 1974, P.L. 782, as amended, 77 P.S.

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