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W & G SPECIALITIES CO. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 20 C.D. 1979.

47 Pa.Commw. 487 (1979)

W & G Specialties Co., Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Al Burnette, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Bond, with him Kenneth F. DeMarco, and LaBraum and Doak, for petitioner.

Jeffrey M. Azpell, for respondents.

Argued October 3, 1979, before Judges ROGERS, DiSALLE and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE DiSALLE, November 30, 1979:

W & G Specialties Company (Employer) asks us to review an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee's award of total disability benefits to Al Burnette (Claimant). We affirm.

On November 24, 1976, Claimant, while working for Employer, suffered a back injury when he attempted to lift a heavy object. His treating physician...

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