Allegis Group & Broadspire v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN.

Allegis Group and Broadspire (together, Employer) petition for review of the April 26, 2010, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to grant Anthony Coughenaur’s (Claimant) penalty petition. We vacate and remand.

After holding hearings on Claimant’s penalty petition, the WCJ made the following findings of fact.

1.) This court issued a Decision approving a Compromise & Release Agreement in this matter. The Decision was circulated on October 17, 2008.

2.) The claimant never received…