O'ROURKE v. W.C.A.B. (GARTLAND)

No. 27 WAP 2014

125 A.3d 1184 (2015)

Laura O'ROURKE, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (GARTLAND). Appeal of Joshua Gartland.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Warren Inadomi, Esq. , Andrew B. Klaber, Esq. , The Chartwell Law Offices, LLP, Pittsburgh, for Joshua Gartland.

Michael E. DeMatt, Esq. , Greensburg, for Laura O'Rourke.

Amber Marie Kenger, Esq. , Kathryn McDermott Speaks, Esq. , Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, for Workers' Compensation Appeal Board.

SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

In this unique workers' compensation case, this Court granted allocatur to determine whether the Commonwealth Court erred in finding Laura O'Rourke ("Claimant") met her burden of proving that she sustained a work-related injury in the course and scope of her employment when she was brutally stabbed by her...

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