Davis v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

LORD, Senior Judge.

Troy Davis petitions this Court for review of a Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) order, which affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision granting Employer Acme Markets, Inc.’s suspension petition pursuant to the relevant provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act). 1 The WCJ, affirmed by the Board, decided Davis’ benefits must be forfeited as of December 17, 1991 due to his refusal to undergo reasonable medical treatment.

Davis was 29 years old when he sustained a work-related lumbosacral strain while unloading frozen foods from a trailer on…