LINKIEWICZ v. W.C.A.B.


132 Pa.Commw. 472 (1990)

573 A.2d 265

John LINKIEWICZ, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PULLMAN STANDARD), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander J. Jamiolkowski, Wallace, Chapas & Jamiolkowski, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Michael D. Sherman, Fried, Kane, Walters & Zuschlag, Pittsburgh, for respondent, Pullman Standard Co.

Before CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge, PELLEGRINI, J., and SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.


OPINION

CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge.

John Linkiewicz appeals a Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board order upholding the referee and granting Pullman Standard Company's (Pullman) modification petition. Section 413 of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act (Act).1 We affirm.

Linkiewicz, a railroad worker, fell from a railroad car and sustained a knee injury which rendered him unable to walk without crutches. He received...

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