VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA v. W.C.A.B.


143 Pa.Commw. 69 (1991)

598 A.2d 602

VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA and Sentry Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (David RUSSELL), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, for petitioners.

William Jon McCormick, for respondent.

Before COLINS and BYER, JJ., and BARBIERI, Senior Judge.


BYER, Judge.

Volkswagen of America and its insurance carrier, Sentry Insurance Company, appeal an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board reversing a referee's decision denying David Russell's petition to reinstate benefits. The board reversed because it concluded that the referee capriciously disregarded uncontradicted expert testimony by a treating physician. We affirm.

Russell fell into...

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