Fearon v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge KELLEY.

Vickie Fearon (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) decision denying and dismissing Claimant’s penalty petition. We affirm.

Claimant suffered a work-related injury on December 25,1998, as a volunteer EMT with the Borough of Ashland’s (Employer) ambulance company. A notice of compensation payable (NCP) was issued which described the injury as a fractured jaw. The NCP indicated that Claimant fractured her jaw while providing emergency medical services as a…