LANDIS v. W.C.A.B. (HERSHEY EQUIPMENT)


515 Pa. 41 (1987)

526 A.2d 778

Dennis L. LANDIS v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (HERSHEY EQUIPMENT CO.). Appeal of HERSHEY EQUIPMENT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Jeffrey Sidebottom, George C. Werner, Lancaster, for appellant.

Dennis L. Plank, Lancaster, for appellee.

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


OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

Dennis Landis worked for Hershey Equipment Company for over three years. His job was to install and service poultry equipment in chicken houses, tasks which often placed him in enclosures abounding with chicken excrement. While so employed, Landis began to experience peculiar visual problems manifested by a distortion and loss of central vision in his right eye.

An ophthalmologist informed Landis that his sight was affected...

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