Weis Markets, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

CRAIG, Judge.

Weis Markets, Inc. appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee’s award of chiropractic expenses to Pamela Barbuto for her injury, pursuant to Section 306(f) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 531.

The pivotal question is whether unsworn chiropractors’ certificates are admissible as evidence to support a work-related justification for treatment expenses awarded in this case.

The record and the referee’s findings establish the following facts.

On April 22, 1985, while working as…