RAG (Cyprus) Emerald Resources, L.P. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

Justice BAER.1

We granted allowance of appeal in this workers’ compensation case to decide whether the Commonwealth Court erred or abused its discretion in reversing the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board’s (WCAB) decision affirming the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) conclusion that Appellant Ronald A. Hopton (Claimant) was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Act2 as a result of an alleged aggravation of his pre-existing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We hold that the WCAB’s and WCJ’s decisions were proper and consequently…