SHROUT v. W.C.A.B. (CYCLOPS CORP.)

No. 3520 C.D. 1986.

113 Pa.Commw. 313 (1988)

537 A.2d 83

James Shrout, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Cyclops Corporation), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Blaufeld, Blaufeld & Schiller, for petitioner.

Stanley G. Berlin, Plate, Shapira, Hutzelman, Berlin, May, Walsh and Brabender, for respondents, Cyclops Corporation.

Submitted on briefs October 9, 1987, to Judges BARRY and PALLADINO, and Senior Judge NARICK, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE BARRY, February 8, 1988:

James Shrout, the claimant, appeals an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the decision of the referee denying claimant benefits for the loss of use of his thumb for all practical intents and purposes. Section 306(c) of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Appeal Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §513 (Supp. 1987).

On October 21, 1983, the claimant...

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