HISH v. W.C.A.B. (MAYVIEW ST. HOSP.)

No. 648 C.D. 1984.

100 Pa.Commw. 22 (1986)

513 A.2d 1147

Betty L. Hish, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Mayview State Hospital), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas W. Reed, Berger and Reed, for petitioner.

Paul J. Dufallo, Assistant Chief Counsel, with him, Catherine A. Blue, for respondents.

Argued March 11, 1986, before Judges MacPHAIL, DOYLE and BARRY, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE BARRY, August 18, 1986:

This is an appeal by claimant, Betty L. Hish, of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee's decision to dismiss her claim petition on the basis that she failed to prove that her mental illness was work-related.1

Claimant was employed as a psychiatric nurse at Mayview State Hospital from 1969 until July 10, 1979, when she was discharged. She took a medical leave...

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