Metropolitan Edison Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

COLINS, President Judge.

Employer Metropolitan Edison Company appeals the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the workers’ compensation judge’s (WCJ) grant of partial disability benefits on the basis that claimant sustained his burden of proving a work-related injury. The issue currently before the Court is whether shift work mala-daptation syndrome (SWMS) is a compensa-ble injury under the Workers’ Compensation Act,1 and, if so, whether the applicable burden of proof is that for a physical injury or a mental injury.

Claimant Stephen Werner filed a claim petition…