Zuchelli v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, Renee Zuchelli (Claimant) asks whether a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) erred in denying her claim petition seeking indemnity benefits for a closed period of two-and-a-half months. The WCJ also denied Claimant’s penalty petition. Claimant asserts her claim was compensable as a matter of law where her employer did not file an appropriate document regarding her injury. Alternatively, she contends her disability, which was caused by surgery for an admitted work injury, was compensable. Discerning no merit in either assertion, we…