Gardner v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Barbara Gardner (Claimant) petitions for review of the August 1, 2002, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which reversed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to deny the Petition for Physical Examination or Expert Interview of Employee (Petition) filed by Genesis Health Ventures (Employer). We reverse.

Claimant was injured in a work-related accident on October 2, 1996. As of October 2, 1998, Claimant had" received 104 weeks of temporary total disability benefits. On June 13, 2001, Employer requested an independent impairment rating…