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

No. 1615 C.D. 1981.

66 Pa.Commw. 101 (1982)

Walter Shepherd, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and John E. Shepherd, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Haas, for petitioner.

Ronald F. Bove, Swartz, Campbell and Detweiler, for respondent, John E. Shepherd & Company.

Argued March 1, 1982, before President Judge CRUMLISH and Judges ROGERS and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, April 13, 1982:

Walter Shepherd was employed as a plumber when on February 20, 1975, he injured his knee while digging a ditch. He was paid compensation for total disability until September 20, 1976, when he was examined by Dr. Edgar L. Pennell who then made an affidavit that Shepherd was fully recovered and could return to work. The employer then filed a termination petition.

At the referee's hearing, Dr. Pennell testified that as...

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