Tortuga, Inc. v. Wolfensberger

GARRITY, Judge.

Tortuga, Inc. and its insurer, Pennsylvania Mutual Casualty Co., appeal from an Order of the Circuit Court for Washington County (Wright, III, J.) granting Teresa A. Wolfensberger’s motion for summary judgment. Appellants contend that the trial court erred in ruling that the Workers’ Compensation Commission had authority to grant appellee weekly vocational rehabilitation benefits during evaluation and/or job placement.

Facts

On July 12, 1987, appellee Teresa Wolfensberger, a waitress at the Tortuga restaurant, sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of her…