Battiste v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Joseph Battiste (Claimant) petitions for review of the order of the Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee’s termination of Claimant’s benefits and awarding penalties to Claimant for the failure to pay all of his medical expenses pursuant to The Pennsylvania Worker’s Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §§ 1-1081.

Claimant worked for Fox Chase Cancer Center (Employer) as a CAT scan and x-ray technician. On December 3, 1991, the chair he was sitting on broke apart and he fell to the floor sustaining injuries to…