Wood v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge COHN JUBELIRER.

Virna Wood (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed a WCJ’s adjudication granting her Reinstatement Petition, but denied Claimant an award of attorney’s fees. The sole issue before us is whether the Board erred in affirming the WCJ’s determination that Country Care Private Nursing (Employer) reasonably contested Claimant’s Reinstatement Petition.

Claimant worked for Employer as a home health aide, which required her, among other things, to travel to patients’ homes where she would bathe, dress,…