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

No. 1533 C.D. 1980.

64 Pa.Commw. 266 (1982)

Lela V. Stewart, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Stouffer's Foods, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen L. Feingold, for petitioner.

Paul R. Brady, with him Charles W. Craven, and Jo Marjorie Fineman, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, for respondent, Stouffer's Foods.

Argued November 19, 1981, before President Judge CRUMLISH and Judges WILLIAMS, JR. and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, January 26, 1982:

Lela Stewart (Claimant) appeals from a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee's dismissal of her claim petition.

Claimant was hired by Stouffer's Foods (Employer) as a bakery helper, a position which involved the stacking and carrying of trays of cakes upon a pushcart. On May 22, 1974, while in the course of this employment, Appellant suffered a femoral hernia for which...

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