ODD FELLOW'S HOME v. W.C.A.B. (COOK)


144 Pa.Commw. 280 (1991)

601 A.2d 465

ODD FELLOW'S HOME OF PENNSYLVANIA and PMA Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (COOK), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Phillips, for petitioners.

James F. Carl, for respondent.

Before PALLADINO and BYER, JJ., and BARBIERI, Senior Judge.


BYER, Judge.

Odd Fellows Home of Pennsylvania and its insurer, PMA Insurance Company (collectively, Odd Fellows) appeal an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming a referee's grant of total disability benefits to Barbara J. Cook. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On February 11, 1988, while employed as a nursing assistant at Odd Fellows, Cook and another nursing assistant were transferring a patient to a wheelchair when the patient...

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