Legal Opinion

Kula v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 15, 1998PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Marcy Kula (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming the decision of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to grant Herbert R. Weiman, Esquire’s (Employer) petition for modification or suspension of Claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits. We reverse.

On September 25, 1990, Claimant sustained an injury described as “right carpal tunnel syndrome” while in the course of her employment as a secretary for Employer. (WCJ’s Findings of Fact, No. 1.) Pursuant to a notice of compensation payable, Claimant received weekly total…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kachinski v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Farkaly v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Young v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. H.M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  5. Brown v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Montgomery Hospital v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. Finley v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Montgomery Hospital v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002

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