WEIS MARKETS, INC. v. W.C.A.B.


132 Pa.Commw. 345 (1989)

572 A.2d 1295

WEIS MARKETS, INC., Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (BARBUTO), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 12, 1989.

Designated as opinion to be reported April 10, 1990.

Reargument Denied February 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Burke McLemore, Jr., Thomas & Thomas, for petitioner.

Robert P. Wilkison, Carpenter, Diehl & Kivko, for respondent, Pamela A. Barbuto.

Before CRAIG and BARRY, JJ., and BLATT, Senior Judge.


CRAIG, Judge.

Weis Markets, Inc. appeals from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee's award of chiropractic expenses to Pamela Barbuto for her injury, pursuant to Section 306(f) of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 531.

The pivotal question is whether unsworn chiropractors' certificates are admissible as evidence to support a work-related justification...

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