D. Gieniec v. WCAB (Palmerton Hosp. and HM Casualty Ins. Co.)

OPINION BY

Judge ROBERT SIMPSON.

Debra Gieniec (Claimant) petitions for review from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that vacated Workers’" Compensation Judge (WCJ) Wayne Rapkin’s (WCJ Rapkin) decision granting her reinstatement petition, but suspending payment of benefits contingent upon the outcome of the then-pending appeal related to her initial claim petition. The Board dismissed Claimant’s reinstatement petition as premature, reasoning it involved identical issues as the pending appeal.

Since the Board dismissed the reinstatement petitions, this Court decided the…