Storms v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

COLINS, Judge.

Carl Storms (Claimant) petitions this Court for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed a decision and order of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) denying a claim petition and a penalty petition filed by Claimant.

On August 13, 1998, Claimant filed a claim petition alleging that on July 7, 1998, while in the course and scope of his employment with Big Boulder/Jack Frost, *22Northeast Land Company (Employer), he was in an automobile accident while traveling to a mandatory company picnic. Claimant alleged that as a result of this…