FRANKFORD HOSP. v. W.C.A.B. (BURNS)


150 Pa.Commw. 532 (1992)

616 A.2d 79

FRANKFORD HOSPITAL, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (Mary BURNS), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Sweeney, for petitioner.

Michael T. Grimes, for respondent.

Before PALLADINO and PELLEGRINI, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Frankford Hospital (Employer) appeals from an Order of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a Referee's Decision granting total disability and medical benefits to Mary M. Burns (Claimant) as a result of contracting chronic Hepatitis B and subsequent inability to obtain employment.

Claimant was employed as a full-time staff nurse at Employer's hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Claimant's

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