Scher v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.

Joel Scher (Claimant) petitions this Court to review an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a decision entered by a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) granting Claimant’s claim petition and awarding counsel fees for an unreasonable contest. The Board concluded that Claimant had failed to meet his burden of proving that he was injured during the course of his employment and, alternatively, that he failed to provide adequate notice of a work injury to his employer. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

Claimant was employed by the City of…