Sell v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

In 77 P.S. § 631, Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act (the “Act”), 77 P.S. §§ 1 et seq., states that an employee must notify her employer of a work-related injury within 120 days of its occurrence. 77 P.S. § 631. We granted allocatur in this case to consider application of the “discovery rule” to § 631’s notice period. We conclude that the substantial evidence of record supports the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (“WCJ”) finding that the Appellant, Joan Sell (“Sell”), neither knew, nor had reason to know, that she sustained an injury that was possibly related to her…