DILLON v. W.C.A.B.


536 Pa. 490 (1994)

640 A.2d 386

Thomas DILLON, Appellant, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (GREENWICH COLLIERIES), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander J. Pentecost, Amiel B. Caramanna, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Gebhardt, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert G. Rose and James C. Munro, II, Johnstown, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY and MONTEMURO, JJ.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The narrow question in this case arising under the Workmen's Compensation Act is whether the appellant met his burden of proof with respect to his petition seeking to modify an award of compensation for partial disability to one for total disability. To answer this question, however, we must examine the broader issue of what elements make up that burden of proof.

Thomas Dillon suffered a lower back strain while working...

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