· 12/16/2002
Stalworth v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Citations
- 815 A.2d 23
- 2002 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 994
How courts have described this case
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- holding that this Court may affirm the result reached below if it “is correct without regard to the grounds relied upon by that court”
- holding that this Court may affirm the result reached below if it “is correct without regard to the grounds relied upon by that court”
- holding that this Court may affirm the result reached below if it “is correct without regard to the grounds relied upon by that court”
- noting that it was irrelevant whether employer’s medical expert was incompetent since WCJ found claimant’s medical expert not credible and, thus, claimant did not meet her burden of proof
- noting that it was irrelevant whether employer’s medical expert was incompetent since WCJ found claimant’s medical expert not credible and, thus, claimant did not meet her burden of proof
- finding that although the opinion of the employer’s medical expert was equivocal, the WCJ rejected the testimony of the claimant’s medical expert, and as a result, the claimant did not satisfy the burden of proof
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Judges: Colins, Smith-Ribner, Flaherty
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