Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 10, 2016PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge ROBERT SIMPSON.

Agatha Edwards (Claimant) asks whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) erred in reversing a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision finding Epicure Home Care, Inc. and the State Workers’ Insurance Fund (collectively, Company) liable for her work-related injury under the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1 The central issue is whether Claimant, who performed personal care*1159taker services for Company, did so as an employee or an independent contractor. According to Claimant, the Board improperly reweighed the evidence, substituted its own fact…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Leon E. Wintermyer, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  2. Hammermill Paper Co. v. Rust Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  3. Universal Am-Can, Ltd. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Minicozzi v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. A & J Builders, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Department of Labor & Industry v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Lin & Eastern Taste)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Torijano v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (In a Flash Plumbing)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  3. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company A/S/O JC Investment, Inc. Restaurant Development, LLC v. JPC Group, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Abbasi Communications & Phoenix Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Cramer)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  5. Abington Memorial Hospital v. WCAB (Maldonado)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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