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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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