Legal Opinion

Stancell v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 10, 2010No. 1901 C.D. 2009PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge PELLEGRINI.

Thora Y. Stancell (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting the termination petition filed by LKI Group, LLC (Employer) because Employer’s medical testimony, upon which the WCJ relied, did not constitute substantial evidence of a full recovery because he did not examine her right lower arm which was one of the injuries acknowledged in the Notice of Compensation Payable (NCP). Because we find no fault with the Board’s decision, we affirm.

Claimant was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gillyard v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Jackson v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Morella v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  2. Hall v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  3. Hall v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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