Zeigler v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

RODGERS, Senior Judge.

Joanne Zeigler (Claimant) petitions for review of the June 26,1998 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) granting the petition to modify and suspend Claimant’s disability benefits filed by Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (Employer). We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The relevant facts are briefly summarized from the WCJ’s findings. 1 On August 31, 1994, Claimant sustained a work-related injury described by Employer in a notice of compensation payable (NCP) as an acute lumbar strain/sprain.…