THOMPSON v. W.C.A.B. (SACRED HEART MED.)


720 A.2d 1074 (1998)

Ella THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER), Respondent (Two Cases).

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 1998.

Reargument Denied December 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.L. Hannaway, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Peter M. Harrison, Philadelphia, for respondent.

Before DOYLE and FLAHERTY, JJ., and MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.


FLAHERTY, Judge.

The critical issue that this court must determine is, in a termination proceeding where the Employer's medical witness does not clearly state that the claimant is "fully recovered," whether or not the medical evidence is equivocal where the Employer's medical witness, in a medical report, released Claimant to only light duty with significant restrictions and later testified that the restrictions were for an accommodation to the Claimant's subjective...

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