Matticks v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

Joseph Matticks (Claimant) petitions for review of the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming, as modified, an amended order of Workers’ Compensation Judge Howard M. Spizer (WCJ) that granted Claimant’s claim petitions for specific loss benefits and payment of medical bills. The issues include whether the Board had authority to grant a petition for rehearing filed by Thomas J. O’Hora Company, Inc. (Employer) and thereafter to reinstate its voluntarily withdrawn appeal; whether Employer waived its right to challenge the WCJ’s decision;…