City of Philadelphia v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

The City of Philadelphia (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB): (1) affirming, as modified, the workers’ compensation judge’s (WCJ) decision to award Andrew Do-herty (Claimant) workers’ compensation benefits for disfigurement; and (2) remanding to the WCJ to determine Claimant’s average weekly wage. 1

On November 22,1994, while in the course of his employment as a firefighter with Employer, Claimant sustained bums to his face after being splashed with battery acid. (WCJ’s Findings of Fact, No. 1.) Claimant incurred no loss of wages as…