City of Pittsburgh v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

The City of Pittsburgh (Petitioner) petitions the Court for its review of the August 8, 2007 order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) increasing the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) award to James McFarren (McFar-ren) for his disfigurement pursuant to Section 806(c)(22) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act). 1 The question presented is whether the Board’s decision to increase McFarren’s disfigurement award from six weeks to thirty-five weeks is supported by substantial evidence and demonstrates an abuse of its discretion when the scar is…