Woods v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from a February 8, 1983, opinion and order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which modified the decision of the hearing referee. The board transformed a closed award of benefits into an open award and reversed the decision of the hearing referee by granting plaintiff the maximum $1,500 penalty for defendant’s failure to pay the closed award pending appeal.

Plaintiff, Bernice Woods, worked as a part-time employee of defendant, Sears, Roebuck & Company, in October of 1966. She became a full-time employee on June 10, 1967. Her duties involved unloading…