PATTERSON-KELLY CO. v. W.C.A.B.


137 Pa.Commw. 567 (1991)

586 A.2d 1043

PATTERSON-KELLY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WOODROW), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Feege, with him, Jeffrey M. Zimskind, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Lehigh Valley, for petitioner.

C. Daniel Higgins, Stroudsburg, for respondent.

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


NARICK, Senior Judge.

Patterson-Kelly Company (Employer) appeals a decision by the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming, but modifying, the decision of the referee awarding Frank A. Woodrow (Claimant) total disability benefits effective October 31, 1982 until the date of his death, August 15, 1986. We affirm.

The facts are as follows. Claimant sustained a work-related back injury on February 13, 1980. On February 18, 1980,

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