BARRETT v. W.C.A.B. (VISION QUEST NAT.)

No. 984 C.D. 2009.

989 A.2d 396 (2009)

Jeanette A. BARRETT, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (VISION QUEST NATIONAL), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 5, 2009.

Amended February 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Paczak and Sandra W. Kokal, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Robert S. Richman and William M. Conwell, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

BEFORE: PELLEGRINI, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and FLAHERTY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Jeanette A. Barrett (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that denied her petition for penalties. In doing so, the Board affirmed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) that Claimant's employer, Vision Quest National (Employer), never made a payment of compensation to Claimant and, therefore, its denial of liability was timely filed. Accordingly, the WCJ found that...

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