WOMACK v. W.C.A.B. (SCHOOL DIST. OF PHILA)

No. 1137 C.D. 2013

83 A.3d 1139 (2014)

Lancess WOMACK, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (The SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Schmidt , Media, for petitioner.

William E. Malone, Jr. , Media, for respondent, The School District of Philadelphia.

BEFORE: McGINLEY, Judge, and BROBSON, Judge, and JAMES GARDNER COLINS, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge BROBSON.

Petitioner Lancess Womack (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board). The Board affirmed a workers' compensation judge's (WCJ) decision denying the utilization review (UR) petition of one of Claimant's medical providers, Dr. Terri Gartenberg, D.C. (Provider).1 We affirm the Board's order.

BACKGROUND

In May 2007, a WCJ issued a decision and amended...

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