Legal Opinion

Nissan v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 10, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY President

Judge COLINS.

Sloane Nissan (employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ’s) decision granting the claim petition of Michael Zeyl (claimant). We are asked herein to examine the “to and from work doctrine rule.” We affirm the Board’s conclusion that an employee who is directed to leave the work place to change attire and who immediately returns to the workplace upon doing so is on a special mission for employer.

The Sloane Nissan car dealership has a general company dress code…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Biddle v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. State Workmen's Insurance Fund v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Dancison v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Wells Fargo Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Bradshaw v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bensing v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Fonder v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  3. K. Serafini v. WCAB (Keystone Community Resources)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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