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WEIDNER, APLNT. v. WKMNS. COMP. ET AL.

No. 1594 C.D. 1973.

16 Pa.Commw. 561 (1975)

Laverne G. Weidner, Appellant, v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 25, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Harry Galfand, with him Joseph Lurie and Galfand, Berger, Senesky, Lurie & March, for appellant.

John G. Jenemann, with him Joseph R. Thompson and James N. Diefenderfer, for appellees.

Argued June 6, 1974, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three. Reargued December 4, 1974, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS and BLATT.

OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, February 25, 1975:

The sole issue in this claimant's appeal in a workmen's compensation case is whether the compensation authorities erred in failing to award him attorney's fees.

The claimant sustained an injury to the cornea of his right eye in the course of his employment by Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. He spent eight or nine days in the hospital where surgery was...

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