GRIMES POULTRY PROC. CORP. v. U. C. BD. OF R.

No. 1394 C.D. 1976.

31 Pa.Commw. 542 (1977)

Grimes Poultry Processing Corp., Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren M. Davison, with him Calvin P. Spitler, Spitler, Rowe & Kilgore, and Shawe & Rosenthal, for petitioner.

Charles G. Hasson, Assistant Attorney General, with him Sydney Reuben, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert P. Kane, Attorney General, for respondent.

Argued June 10, 1977, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three. Judge KRAMER did not participate in the decision.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, September 12, 1977:

Jose C. Gonzalez used to work for Grimes Poultry Processing Company (Grimes). The job required Gonzalez to slit the necks of chickens and remove their windpipes. It also required him to be in an environment and to perform activities which aggravated a painful arthritic condition.

In October 1975, after 2 1/2 years of slitting Grimes' chicken necks, Gonzalez sought medical attention for his worsened condition. He...

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