Ingersoll Rand Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

The question presented by this workmen’s compensation case is who, as between employer Ingersoll Rand Company (Ingersoll) and its former insurance carrier, must bear liability for specific loss benefits to Terry Lee Brown, the claimant below. When the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirmed a referee’s decision that Ingersoll was liable, the employer appealed to this Court.

*509In December 1977, Terry Lee Brown (claimant) filed a claim petition against Ingersoll, alleging that be bad lost tbe use of bis left band as tbe result of an August 1977 work…