EMPIRE K. POULTRY, INC. ET AL. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 855 C.D. 1978.

43 Pa.Commw. 394 (1979)

Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc. and American Mutual Insurance Companies, Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Herman Fronk, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Tamulonis, with him Zimmerman, Lieberman & Derenzo, for petitioners.

Jeffrey L. Snook, with him Brugler & Levin, for respondents.

Argued March 5, 1979, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, June 19, 1979:

In Universal Cyclops Steel Corp. v. Krawczynski, 9 Pa.Commw. 176, 305 A.2d 757 (1973), we held that referees are the ultimate factfinders in workmen's compensation cases, and the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) must accept factual determinations of referees when findings are supported by competent evidence....

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