Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Jones & Langhlin Steel Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (employer) appeals here from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s order setting aside a final settlement receipt executed between the employer and Carl A. Lindbom (claimant). We affirm the Board.

The claimant sustained a fractured pelvis and a transected urethra while working at the employer’s plant on February 7, 1970 as a brakeman, a job entailing heavy labor. As a result of this accident he received benefits from February 8,1970 until March 16,1971, but he signed a final settlement…