Chapter 111. Special Rules of Administrative Practice and Procedure Before the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board

   The provisions of this Chapter 111 issued under the Workers’ Compensation Act (77 P. S. § §  1—1603), unless otherwise noted.

   The provisions of this Chapter 111 adopted January 1, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

   Issue Preclusion

   Issue preclusion did not apply where the first case was heard before the Unemployment Compensation Board and the pending case is with the Workers Compensation Board because to do so would be to hold, in effect, that claimant loses both cases based on the finding of an unemployment compensation referee even though significantly different procedures apply and different policies and goals are at stake in the workers’ compensation proceeding. Therefore, a fresh determination of the factual issue by a Workers’ Compensation Judge is warranted. Verbilla v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 668 A.2d 601 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1995).