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SELL v. W.C.A.B.

771 A.2d 1246 (2001)

Joan SELL, Appellant, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (LNP Engineering), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Jacobs, Philadelphia, for Joan Sell.

Janet M. Tarczy, Carlisle, James A. Holzman, Harrisburg, for Worker's Compensation Appeal Board.

Jeffrey W. Meehan, for LNP Engineering.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

In 77 P.S. § 631, Pennsylvania's Workers' Compensation Act (the "Act"), 77 P.S. §§ 1 et seq., states that an employee must notify her employer of a work-related injury within 120 days of its occurrence. 77 P.S. § 631. We granted allocatur in this case to consider application of the "discovery rule" to § 631's notice period. We conclude that the substantial evidence of record supports the Workers...

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