TOPPS CHEW. G., INC. v. W.C.A.B. (DEMICH)

No. 3068 C.D. 1983.

87 Pa.Commw. 57 (1985)

Topps Chewing Gum, Inc., Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Demich), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Heisler, Lenahan & Dempsey, P.C., for petitioner.

John J. Dunn, Sr., Dunn & Byrne, for respondent, Matthew Demich.

Submitted on briefs December 10, 1984, to Judges WILLIAMS, JR., PALLADINO and Senior Judge BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILLIAMS, JR., January 10, 1985:

Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. (Topps) appeals an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board which upheld a referee's award of total disability benefits to Matthew Demich.

Demich suffered a back injury while lifting a one hundred pound barrel, on January 3, 1979, during the course of his employment with Topps. After apprising his supervisor of the incident, he was treated by the company's medical staff. Despite...

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