GENERAL REFRACTORIES v. W.C.A.B.


148 Pa.Commw. 51 (1992)

609 A.2d 856

GENERAL REFRACTORIES COMPANY and the Travelers Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (WRIGHT), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 12, 1992.

Reargument Denied June 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis T. Procopio, for petitioners.

James R. Di Francesco, for respondent.

Before PALLADINO and PELLEGRINI, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

Before this Court is the appeal of General Refractories Company (Employer) from the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the referee's modification of benefits to Orville Wright (Wright) as well as the granting of Mrs. Wright's fatal claim petition. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.1

Wright worked in Employer's brickyard, making dyes and molds. On August 28, 1980...

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