PHILADELPHIA v. W.C.A.B.


144 Pa.Commw. 247 (1991)

601 A.2d 449

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WALTER BARCLAY), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Sawyer, Deputy City Sol., for petitioner.

James J. Kerwick, for respondent.

Before COLINS and KELLEY, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

Before this Court is the appeal of the City of Philadelphia (Employer) from the May 28, 1991 order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the decision of the referee who determined that Walter Barclay (Claimant) lost the use, for all practical intents and purposes, of both legs and entered an award for specific loss.

On November 27, 1966, Claimant was shot while in the course and scope of his employment as a...

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