SHENANGO, INC. v. W.C.A.B. (SWAN).

No. 667 C.D. 1986.

107 Pa.Commw. 254 (1987)

528 A.2d 672

Shenango, Inc., Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Swan), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

July 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry S. McDevitt, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, for petitioner.

Edwin Beachler, with him, Richard G. Spagnolli, Caroselli, Spagnolli & Beachler, for respondent, Ralph Swan.

Argued May 18, 1987, before Judges CRAIG and PALLADINO, and Senior Judge KALISH, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, July 7, 1987:

Shenango, Inc., the employer, appeals from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board granting benefits to Ralph J. Swan, a claimant. We affirm.

According to the referee's findings of fact, Shenango had recently hired the claimant as a probationary employee at the time of his injury. On July 25, 1981, while working as a ladle cleaner, a weight fell on the claimant's hand and injured his left ring finger. The claimant...

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