ARENA v. PACKAGING SYSTEMS CORP.


510 Pa. 34 (1986)

507 A.2d 18

Vincent ARENA, Appellee, v. PACKAGING SYSTEMS CORP. and Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Marshall Dawsey, Towanda, for appellants.

Michael J. Dowd, John Kocsis, Athens, for Vincent Arena.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

In this matter we granted allocatur to address whether the Commonwealth Court employed the correct standard of review in reversing the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board ("Board") which denied benefits to Vincent Arena ("appellee"). This matter arose on December 28, 1976 when appellee filed a claim for disability compensation pursuant to the Workmen's Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended...

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