Lancaster General Hospital v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In this appeal by allowance, we address the proper method of calculating an hourly-wage claimant’s average weekly wage under Section 309 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”),1 77 P.S. § 582, where the specific loss claimant suffers an initial incident, changes employers, and later suffers a work-related injury caused by the initial incident. After careful review, we affirm the decision of the Commonwealth Court.

Janice Weber-Brown (“Claimant”) worked for Appellant Lancaster General Hospital (“Lancaster General”) as a licensed practical nurse beginning in 1979.…