City of Butler v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Botsis)

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

City of Butler (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) reversing the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision to dismiss Peter Botsis’ (Claimant) Claim Petition and to grant Employer’s Review Petition and affirming the WCJ’s dismissal of Claimant’s Review Petition.

On October 28,1992, while in the course of his employment as a police officer with Employer, Claimant was firing a shotgun and other firearms. As Claimant was driving home after firing the firearms, he noticed blurred vision in his right eye. In July of 1993,…