Meenan Oil Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Meenan Oil Company, L.P., (Employer) petitions for review of the September 5, 2003, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to grant three petitions filed by Richard Pownall (Claimant).1 In this case, we are asked to determine whether the WCJ, pursuant to section 413(a) of the Workers’ Compensation Act2 (Act), properly amended a notice of compensation payable (NCP) to correct the date of injury and to include additional injuries.

The relevant facts are as follows. Claimant worked for…