PGH. HYATT HOUSE, INC. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 1780 C.D. 1980.

62 Pa.Commw. 556 (1981)

Pittsburgh Hyatt House, Inc., Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Solomon J. Kamara, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Grochmal, Fried, Kane, Walters & Zuschlag, for petitioner.

Thomas P. Geer, for respondent, Solomon J. Kamara.

Submitted on briefs, October 7, 1981, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges ROGERS and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, November 23, 1981:

The hotel Hyatt House here appeals from the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board granting benefits to the claimant, Solomon Kamara. We reverse.

The facts are undisputed. The claimant, who was employed as a steward by the Hyatt House, was injured while at work on October 21, 1978, when a tray fell on him from a cart he was pushing, hurting his left eye and breaking his glasses. Since the injury occurred...

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