ST. JOE ZINC, PET. v. W. C. A. B.

No. 1238 C.D. 1980.

59 Pa.Commw. 363 (1981)

St. Joe Zinc, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Kenneth R. Howard, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Woodske, Reed, Luce, Good, Tosh, Kunselman & McGregor, for petitioner.

Alexander J. Pentecost, for respondent, Kenneth R. Howard.

Argued April 6, 1981, before Judges MENCER, BLATT and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, June 1, 1981:

This case presents the issue of whether the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) may increase a referee's award for facial disfigurement on the basis of the Board's independent observations of the Claimant.1

Kenneth R. Howard (Claimant), while in the course of his employment, sustained serious and permanent facial disfigurement...

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