Kramer v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Rite Aid Corp.)

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Denise Kramer (Claimant) petitions for review of a June 26, 2001 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to deny Claimant’s Petition to Review Compensation Benefit Offset (Offset Review Petition). The WCJ had determined that Rite Aid Corporation (Employer) was entitled, under section 204(a) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act),1 to take a credit for severance benefits paid to Claimant. We reverse.

Claimant sustained a work-related injury on February 20, 1998, while working at Employer’s…