C. S. I. ET AL., APLNTS., v. WKMNS. COMP. BD. ET AL.

No. 762 C.D. 1974.

17 Pa.Commw. 441 (1975)

Columbus Service International and Underwriters Adjusting Company, Insurance Carrier, Appellants, v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Guinevere O. Levato, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, with him Will & Keisling, for appellants.

John Alan Conte, with him Terry C. Cavanaugh, Conte, Courtney, Tarasi & Price, and James N. Diefenderfer, for appelles.

Submitted on briefs, January 10, 1975, to Judges KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR. and MENCER, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, February 27, 1975:

Guinevere O. Levato (claimant) was employed at Dixmont State Hospital as a cleaning lady. During the regular course of her employment she was often required to lift large heavy buckets of water and to move rather heavy furniture about. On December 21, 1971, while on duty, claimant allegedly injured her back when she attempted to move a bed in order to clean beneath it. The bed had no casters and held a 155-pound woman. Because...

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