P.R. Hoffman Materials v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

COLINS, President Judge.

P.R. Hoffman Materials (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the order of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting Mary Jane Zeigler’s (Claimant) petition for compensation benefits. We reverse.

Claimant worked for Employer as a production specialist for approximately 26 years until January 6,1992, when she took a medical leave of absence. On July 29, 1992, Claimant filed a petition for compensation alleging that as of August 1990, she began suffering from a bipolar disorder with psychotic features…