Atencio v. Quality Care, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge METZGER.

Linda E. Atencio, claimant, seeks review of that portion of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) which held, as a matter of law, that housekeeping and attendant services prescribed by her physician were not recoverable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. We set aside that portion of the Panel’s order and remand the cause to the Panel.

The facts are not in dispute. While working as a nurse’s aide for respondent, Quality Care, Inc., claimant, who is left-handed, reached out with her left arm to catch a patient who was falling. She injured her…