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


889 A.2d 129 (2005)

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (SITES), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin G. Malloy, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Maria Terpolilli, Philadelphia, for respondent.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

The City of Philadelphia (City) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) awarding compensation benefits to Frank J. Sites (Claimant). In doing so, the Board affirmed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) that Claimant's hepatitis C was a work-related occupational disease, notwithstanding the fact that hepatitis C was not specifically identified by the legislature as a compensable...

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