Hulmes v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Mary Hulmes (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the right to give Rite Aid Corporation (Employer) a credit against Claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits. Employer asserted this credit for a severance payment made to Claimant when it closed the facility where she worked, and the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) allowed the credit. We vacate the Board’s order and remand.

The facts relevant to this appeal are not extensive. Claimant sustained a work-related injury’ while working at Employer’s…