Trout v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Patricia Trout (Claimant) petitions for review of the May 13, 2003, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) reversing the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to grant Claimant’s reinstatement petition. We reverse.

Claimant sustained a knee injury in the course and scope of her employment as a truck driver with Trans Continental Refrigerated (Employer)1 on December 19, 1996, and received workers’ compensation benefits pursuant to a Notice of Compensation Payable. These benefits continued until Claimant returned to a light-duty job with…