Mooney v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

William Mooney (Claimant) petitions for review of the April 11, 2005, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) affirming the decision of the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ), which denied and dismissed Claimant’s claim petition because he was not an employee of the County of Schuylkill (County). We affirm.

On February 13, 2003, Claimant filed a claim petition against the County alleging that he sustained a work-related injury on January 25, 2003. (WCJ’s op. at 1; WCJ’s Findings of Fact, No. 1.) The County filed a timely answer denying the material…