Sims v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.1

Donna Sims (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) denying Claimant’s penalty petition. In doing so, the Board affirmed the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) that Claimant failed to prove that her employer violated the Workers’ Compensation Act2 (Act). The WCJ concluded that Claimant’s documentary evidence did not support a finding that either medical or indemnity benefits owed to Claimant had not been paid to her in accordance with the Act. We affirm.

Claimant sustained a work-related injury…