DIVINE P. HOSP. ET AL. v. W.C.A.B. (BONNER).

No. 1695 C.D. 1982.

75 Pa.Commw. 565 (1983)

Divine Providence Hospital and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Petitioners v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Bonner), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

July 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Humphrey, Murphy, Mussina, Harris, Travis, Rieders & Humphrey, for petitioners.

John R. Bonner, Casale & Bonner, P.C., for respondent, Robert A. Bonner.

Robert A. Seiferth, Liebert, Short, Fitzpatrick & Lavin, for intervenor, Pennsylvania Manufacturer's Association Insurance Company.

Argued May 11, 1983, before Judges ROGERS, BLATT and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, July 19, 1983:

The appellee who was the claimant in this workmen's compensation case was employed by a hospital as an emergency room physician, working ten or fourteen hour shifts every two days. The duties of his employment required him to stand or walk much of his working time. He suffered from a condition called Charcot's foot, a disease of the nerves of the lower extremities which causes the deterioration of the bones of the feet, the...

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