BURKS v. W.C.A.B. (CITY OF PITTSBURGH)

No. 980 C.D. 2011.

36 A.3d 639 (2012)

Susan BURKS, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (CITY OF PITTSBURGH), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 13, 2012.

Reargument Denied March 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Woomer , Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Patrick A. Sheldon , Pittsburgh, for respondents City of Pittsburgh and UPMC Benefit Management Services, Inc.

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


OPINION BY Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Susan Burks (Claimant) petitions for review of the May 3, 2011, order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed the decision of a workers' compensation judge (WCJ) to suspend Claimant's benefits because she voluntarily removed herself from the workforce. We affirm.

Claimant was diagnosed with a hip problem called Legg-Perthes disease when she was approximately twelve years old. (WCJ's Findings of Fact...

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