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BOROUGH OF MEDIA v. W.C.A.B. (DORSEY)

134 Pa.Commw. 573 (1990)

580 A.2d 431

The BOROUGH OF MEDIA and PMA Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (DORSEY), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford Goldstein, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

Leonard V. Tenaglia, Richard, DiSanti, Hamilton & Gallagher, Media, for respondent.

Before SMITH and PELLEGRINI, JJ., and SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.

SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.

The Borough of Media (Media) appeals from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) upholding a referee's award of disability benefits to claimant Charles W. Dorsey (Dorsey). We affirm.

Dorsey was employed for seventeen (17) years by Media as a police officer. In early 1985, Dorsey began experiencing severe stomach cramps while on duty and under stress. He believed the cramps to be indigestion.

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