Benginia v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

Brian Benginia (Claimant) petitions for review of the March 13, 2002, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board WCAB), which affirmed the decision of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to deny and dismiss Claimant’s claim petition. We affirm.

On May 27, 1999, Claimant filed a claim petition alleging that he sustained a work-related acute myocardial infarction on March 27, 1999, while working as a firefighter for the City of Scranton (Employer). (WCJ’s Findings of Fact, No. 1.) Employer filed a timely answer denying the allegations in the claim petition, and…