VOLTERANO v. W.C.A.B.


536 Pa. 335 (1994)

639 A.2d 453

John VOLTERANO, Appellant, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD and Traveler's Insurance Company and Allied Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 24, 1994.

Reargument Denied May 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Murphy, for J. Volterano.

William Bendon, for Allied Corp.

Norman R. Haigh, Secretary, for W.C.A.B.

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


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

We granted allocatur in the case sub judice to address two issues. The first issue is whether the Commonwealth Court erred in failing to address Lash v. WCAB (General Battery Corp.), 491 Pa. 294, 420 A.2d 1325 (1980), and instead treated this claim as one relying on a theory of mental disability. We also...

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