BENGINIA v. W.C.A.B. (CITY OF SCRANTON)


805 A.2d 1272 (2002)

Brian BENGINIA, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (CITY OF SCRANTON), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Wyatt, Jr. and Christopher B. Jones, Scranton, for petitioner.

Matthew D. Dempsey, Scranton, for respondent.

BEFORE: FRIEDMAN, Judge, and LEADBETTER, Judge, and MIRARCHI, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge FRIEDMAN.

Brian Benginia (Claimant) petitions for review of the March 13, 2002, order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed the decision of the workers' compensation judge (WCJ) to deny and dismiss Claimant's claim petition. We affirm.

On May 27, 1999, Claimant filed a claim petition alleging that he sustained a work-related acute myocardial infarction on March 27, 1999, while working as a firefighter for the City...

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