FARNER v. W.C.A.B. (ROCKWELL INTERN.)


869 A.2d 1075 (2005)

Rita FARNER, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 9, 2005.

Reargument Denied April 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary D. Monaghan, Uniontown, for petitioner.

John B. Bechtol, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

BEFORE: FRIEDMAN, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge, and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

Rita Farner (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which declined to set aside a Compromise and Release Agreement (C & R Agreement). The sole issue on appeal is whether Claimant's mistake provides a sufficient basis to set aside the C & R Agreement. Concluding it does not, we affirm.

In August 1988, Claimant suffered a work-related fractured left arm for which Rockwell...

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