Compservices, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge McGINLEY.

Marie Hoffmaster-Bellini (Claimant) worked in a mental health facility operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Hamburg Center (Employer). 1 On October 1, 1996, Claimant sustained a work-related injury. An agreement for compensation described Claimant’s injury as a “cervical and left shoulder strain,” and she received Act 534 2 benefits in the amount of $483.00 per week from October 9, 1996, until October 13,1996, when she returned to work.

In the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) decision of December 9, 1998, the WCJ found that on…