Hansen v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) erred by concluding Stout Road Associates (Employer) presented a reasonable contest of Karen Hansen’s (Claimant) petition for workers’ compensation benefits. Claimant contends Employer lacked a reasonable basis to contest the claim petition because it based its defense exclusively on after-acquired evidence, failed to present factual evidence or defenses to the claim petition, and failed to present evidence in support of its affirmative defense. We affirm.

In May 2004, Employer hired…