HANSEN v. W.C.A.B. (STOUT ROAD ASSOCIATES)

No. 524 C.D. 2008.

957 A.2d 372 (2008)

Karen HANSEN, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (STOUT ROAD ASSOCIATES), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Siegel, Havertown, for petitioner.

Audrey J. Copeland, King of Prussia, for respondent.

BEFORE: SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and KELLEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) erred by concluding Stout Road Associates (Employer) presented a reasonable contest of Karen Hansen's (Claimant) petition for workers' compensation benefits. Claimant contends Employer lacked a reasonable basis to contest the claim petition because it based its defense exclusively on after-acquired evidence, failed to present factual evidence or defenses...

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