City of Philadelphia v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Stephen Cospelich and the City of Philadelphia (City), his employer, cross appeal from the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the grant of Cospelich’s claim petition seeking payment of medical bills associated with treatment of Cospelich’s hepatitis C. The City primarily contends on appeal that the Board erred in affirming the grant of the claim petition because: (1) the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) 1 did not recognize hepatitis C as an occupational disease at the time that Cospelich was diagnosed and the subsequent amendment to…