Sears Logistic Services v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Sears Logistic Services (Employer) petitions for review of the March 6, 2007, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) denying Employer’s termination petition. For the reasons that follow, we vacate and remand.

On January 7, 1993, while operating a tug machine in Employer’s warehouse, John Preston (Claimant) stepped in a pothole, twisted his right leg and fell on all fours on a concrete floor. Employer accepted liability for the work injury by way of a Notice of Compensation Payable (NCP)…