MATTHEWS v. W.C.A.B. (ELWYN INSTITUTE)

No. 1413 C.D. 2008.

967 A.2d 452 (2009)

Jacqueline MATTHEWS, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (ELWYN INSTITUTE), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Picard Losier, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Edward R. Carpenter, Jr., Media, for respondent.

BEFORE: SMITH-RIBNER, Judge and LEAVITT, Judge, and FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Jacqueline Matthews (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) denying her benefits for an aggravation of a work-related injury. The Board reversed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) to award benefits because the Board found that Claimant did not present any evidence that she gave Elwyn Institute (Employer) timely notice of her aggravation. Discerning no error in...

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