Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), granting the reinstatement petition filed on behalf of Leroy Rider (Claimant). We now reverse.

Employer employed Claimant as a truck driver since 1993. In the course and scope of his employment on July 31, 1998, Claimant sustained an injury to his neck. Claimant reported the incident to Employer. Employer thereafter referred Claimant to a chiropractor. Claimant also treated with his…