ELJER INDUSTRIES v. W.C.A.B. (EVANS)


707 A.2d 564 (1998)

ELJER INDUSTRIES and the Travelers Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (EVANS), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. David Dermotta, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Daniel K. Bricmont, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Before PELLEGRINI and FLAHERTY, JJ., and MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.


FLAHERTY, Judge.

Eljer Industries (Employer) petitions for review from the November 5, 1996, order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the decision of the workers' compensation judge (WCJ), increasing the partial disability benefits of John Evans (Claimant). We affirm.

On January 7, 1989, Claimant sustained a work-related back injury, described as a mid-back sprain, while in the course of his work as a placer for Employer. Claimant...

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