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TURNER v. JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP.

479 Pa. 618 (1978)

389 A.2d 42

Virgil TURNER, Appellant, v. JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION and Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 5, 1978.

Reargument Denied July 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Henderson, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Roy F. Walters, Jr., Carl B. Fried, Fried, Kane & Walters, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

Appellant was severely injured on May 13, 1972, in a work-related accident, in the course and scope of his employment with appellee Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation (J. & L.). The accident severed appellant's spinal cord at chest level, rendering him a complete paraplegic with total loss of sensation in the lower body and total loss of use of all body functions below the chest...

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