Gulf Oil Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Gulf Oil Corporation U.S. (employer) and its insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, petition for review of a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (board) which vacated a referee’s decision made pursuant to a remand from the board, and reinstated, with modification, the referee’s initial decision denying the employer’s petition for modification of total disability benefits being paid to claimant Joseph B. Pittman. We affirm.

Claimant sustained a crush injury to the right hand in June 1970, while working as a boilermaker. He received total disability payments…