Legal Opinion

Tunstall v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 13, 1987No. Appeal, No. 3212 C.D. 1985PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Claimant Margaret L. Tunstall appeals an order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referees dismissal of her petition to set aside a final receipt and petition for reinstatement. We vacate the Boards order and remand the matter for further proceedings.

In February, 1981 Claimant suffered a lower-back injury on the job as an operating room nurse for her employer St. Clair Memorial Hospital. She was unable to work from February 12 to February 17, 1981, and from February 20 to April 20, 1981 and received workmens compensation benefits under a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sheibley v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Grimm v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Williams v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. Williams v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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