WESTMORELAND HOSP. v. W.C.A.B. (PICKFORD)

No. 1188 C.D. 2009.

29 A.3d 120 (2011)

WESTMORELAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PICKFORD), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald William Yanity , Latrobe, for petitioner.

Michael S. Russell , Pittsburgh, for respondent Linda Pickford.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and McGINLEY, Judge, and COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and BROBSON, Judge, and McCULLOUGH, Judge and BUTLER, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Westmoreland Regional Hospital (Employer) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the Workers' Compensation Judge's (Judge) denial of Employer's modification petition. Employer sought to modify the disability status of Linda Pickford (Claimant) after an impairment rating evaluation (IRE) yielded a total body impairment of less than 50 percent. The Board denied Employer's petition...

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