WITKIN v. BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMP. FEE REV.

No. 1313 C.D. 2012.

67 A.3d 98 (2013)

Evelyn WITKIN, M.D., Petitioner v. BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION FEE REVIEW HEARING OFFICE (State Workers' Insurance Fund), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Hollawell , Newtown, for petitioner.

BEFORE: PELLEGRINI, President Judge, and BROBSON, Judge, and McCULLOUGH, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge McCULLOUGH.

Evelyn Witkin, M.D. (Provider) petitions for review of the June 4, 2012 decision of a hearing officer of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office (Bureau) dismissing and denying Fee Review Application No. 281976 on the basis of collateral estoppel.1 We reverse and remand to the Bureau for a hearing on the merits.

By way of background, section 306(f.1)(1)(i) of the Workers' Compensation...

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