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STILES v. W.C.A.B. (DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE)

853 A.2d 1119 (2004)

Marcella STILES, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 13, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Axinn, Hollidaysburg, for petitioner.

Laverne M. Kovacs, Altoona, for respondent.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, McGINLEY, Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, and COHN, Judge.

OPINION BY Judge COHN.

Before the Court is the question of whether the efficacy of a Workers' Compensation Compromise and Release (C & R) Agreement can be attacked on the basis that a claimant was mentally incompetent to comprehend what she was agreeing to or whether such an attack is precluded by the doctrine of collateral estoppel.1 This is an issue of first impression, and has far-reaching consequences. Marcella Stiles (Claimant...

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