DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. W.C.A.B.


788 A.2d 1041 (2001)

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, SCI-RETREAT, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (RICHARDSON), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence E. Dempsey, Scranton, for petitioner.

No appearance entered for respondent.

Before: PELLEGRINI, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, and FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.


Opinion by Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the decision of a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting the Claim Petition filed by Janet Richardson (Claimant) for a closed period. We affirm.

Claimant filed a Claim Petition alleging that she sustained a "Cervical/Neck injury with left side radiculopathy" on September...

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