KOSOBUCKI v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 510 C.D. 1979.

49 Pa.Commw. 327 (1980)

Charles J. Kosobucki, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Erie Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley G. Berlin, of Plate, Doyle, Hutzelman and Berlin, for petitioner.

Michael A. Fetzner, of Knox, Graham, McLaughlin, Gornall and Sennett, Inc., for respondents.

Argued December 5, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., ROGERS and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, February 14, 1980:

This is an appeal from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed the referee and denied Charles Kosobucki (Claimant) benefits. The Board held that in the absence of an obvious causal connection between Claimant's hernia injury and the incident which occurred in the course of his employment, unequivocal medical testimony was necessary before Claimant could prevail. The Board found that the...

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