Stiles v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

853 A.2d 1119 (2004)

Marcella STILES, Petitioner,

v.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on Briefs June 9, 2004.

Decided July 13, 2004.

David M. Axinn, Hollidaysburg, for petitioner.

Laverne M. Kovacs, Altoona, for respondent.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, McGINLEY, Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, and COHN, Judge.

OPINION BY Judge COHN.

Before the Court is the question of whether the efficacy of a Workers' Compensation Compromise and Release (C & R) Agreement can…