Opinion
September 25, 2002.
No. 162 EAL 2002, Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 25th day of September, 2002, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, limited to the following issues:
1) Whether a Workers' Compensation Judge has authority to determine paternity.
2) If such authority exists, and in consideration of the factors set forth in Minnich v. Rivera, 506 A.2d 879 (Pa. 1986), what is the applicable standard of proof for paternity determinations in Workers' Compensation proceedings?
The City of Philadelphia's Petition for Supersedeas is DENIED.