SWIETLOWICH v. PHILA. ST. HOSP. et al.

Appeal, No. 960 C.D. 1972.

10 Pa.Commw. 416 (1973)

Helen Swietlowich, Appellant, v. Philadelphia State Hospital and State Workmen's Insurance Fund, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 2, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. McAleer, with him Thomas F. McDevitt, P.C., for appellant.

Milton D. Soiferman, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

Argued October 5, 1973, before Judges KRAMER, ROGERS and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, November 2, 1973:

This is a workmen's compensation case. Helen Swietlowich had worked for eleven years supervising mental patients performing steam table work in a dining room of the Philadelphia State Hospital. On May 1, 1967, as Ms. Swietlowich moved to answer a telephone, her left foot "turned and stretched" and "[her] bones cracked." She could not walk and her foot swelled. The...

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