Waymart v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.

SCI Waymart (Employer) petitions for review of a determination of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), granting Robert F. Feldman’s (Claimant’s) claim petition. 1 We affirm.

On April 16, 1997, Claimant filed a claim petition alleging that on April 20, 1994, he contracted Hepatitis C as a result of an incident which occurred while he was employed as a corrections officer by Employer. Specifically, the claim petition alleged that Claimant was contaminated through situations where he had contact…