Badyrka v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

David Badyrka (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to suspend Claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits as of March 17, 1993. We reverse.

Claimant is a certified psychiatric nurse who worked for Clarks Summit State Hospital (Employer) as a registered nurse/ head nurse. On December 6, 1987, Claimant sustained a work-related injury when a patient struck him on the back of the head and neck. (WCJ’s Findings of Fact, Nos. 4, 8; R.R. at A99-A100.) Claimant continued to work…