CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. W.C.A.B. (WILLIAMS)


851 A.2d 838 (2004)

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WILLIAMS), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah-Beth Cilo, for City of Philadelphia.

Stephen W. Bruccoleri, Philadelphia, for Nadine Williams.

Amber M. Kenger, Mechanicsburg, Richard C. Lengler, Harrisburg, for W.C.A.B.

Before CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.


OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

The issue before this Court is whether claimant/appellee Nadine Williams complied with the 120-day notice requirement of Section 311 of the Workers' Compensation Act (the Act),1 77 P.S. § 631, when she notified her employer that her bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome condition was work-related only after the condition became disabling on her last day of work in March 1997, even though it was...

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