LITTLESTOWN HDWE. & F. CO., INC. v. W. C. A. B.

No. 777 C.D. 1980.

58 Pa.Commw. 647 (1981)

Littlestown Hardware & Foundry Co., Inc., Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and James N. Barnett, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Phillips, Pyle and Phillips, for petitioner.

Robert O. Beers, Ports, Beers, Feldmann & Malone, for respondent, James N. Barnett.

Argued February 5, 1981, before Judges MENCER, ROGERS and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, April 27, 1981:

Littlestown Hardware & Foundry Co., Inc. (employer) has appealed from a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which upheld an award of total disability benefits to James N. Barnett (claimant). We affirm.

The claimant worked in the employer's foundry from July 27, 1976 until he was injured on April 26, 1977. He was initially hired to fill the position of "grinder." His job involved lifting small...

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