BRAZ v. W.C.A.B. (NICOLET, INC.)

No. 2226 C.D. 2008.

977 A.2d 1 (2009)

Antonio BRAZ, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (NICOLET, INC.), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Martin, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Sheilah A. Tone, Scranton, for respondent.

Daniel K. Bricmont, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae, Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

BEFORE: McGINLEY, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge McGINLEY.

Antonio Braz (Claimant) petitions for review of the order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed the Workers' Compensation Judge's (WCJ) denial of the suspension petition of Nicolet, Inc. (Employer).

On January 23, 1986, Claimant suffered an undisplaced fracture of the right wrist while in the course and scope of his employment with Employer as a machine operator. Pursuant to a notice of compensation payable...

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