Joyce v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) properly applied collateral estoppel to preclude Cecelia Joyce’s claim that she was entitled to receive commuted partial disability benefits in the amount of $31,607.00, which the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) previously granted to Stylette Plastics, Inc. (Employer) as credit against an award of total disability benefits for a separate injury.

Cecelia Joyce (Claimant) appeals an order of the Board that affirmed the WCJ’s decision denying Claimant’s petition to modify and review compensation…