CARNEY v. W.C.A.B. (PGH. P.S. CO.)

No. 3253 C.D. 1986.

119 Pa.Commw. 143 (1988)

546 A.2d 152

Joseph M. Carney, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Pittsburgh Paper Stock Company), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Hendricks, Tarasi & Johnson, P.C., for petitioner.

Edward K. Dixon, Zimmer, Kunz, Loughren, Hart, Lazaroff, Trenor, Banyas & Conaway, for respondent, Pittsburgh Paper Stock Company.

Submitted on briefs June 14, 1988, to Judges CRAIG and PALLADINO, and Senior Judge BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE BARBIERI, August 23, 1988:

Joseph M. Carney (Claimant) petitions for review of the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that reversed a referee's decision granting Claimant's modification petition. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

Claimant was employed by Pittsburgh Paper Stock Company (Employer). On October 24, 1975, Claimant suffered a traumatic amputation of four fingers of his left hand when a paper shredding...

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