Gartner v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge COHN.

Before the court are cross petitions filed by Kathleen Gartner (Claimant) and Kmart Corporation (Employer) from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that reversed in part, modified in part, and affirmed in part an order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ). We affirm in part, reverse and vacate in part, and remand for recalculation.

On February 21, 1997, Claimant filed two claim petitions. In the first she alleged that she sustained a left arm injury in the nature of “cumulative trauma/repetitive use syndrome” while driving a forklift. Employer did not…