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DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. v. DIGGS.

No. 2321 C.D. 1978.

46 Pa.Commw. 58 (1979)

Duquesne Light Company, Petitioner v. Reno A. Diggs, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Lee, for petitioner.

C. William Berger, with him Berger, Kapetan, Malakoff & Meyers, for respondent.

Argued May 10, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., MENCER and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, September 14, 1979:

Reno A. Diggs (claimant), while in the course of his employment with Duquesne Light Company (employer) on July 7, 1976, injured his back when dumping trash from one container to another container. Notice of the injury was not given to the employer until September 16, 1976.

The claimant filed a workmen's compensation claim petition on October 20, 1976, and a referee determined that the claimant sustained a work-related...

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