Ratchko v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed a referee’s award of attorney’s fees to claimant, John J. Ratchko.

Claimant suffered an accidental injury in the course of his employment with J. Bass & Company (Employer) resulting in the amputation of the distal two phalanges of each of the four fingers of his left hand, a 50 percent limitation of motion to the distal joint of the left thumb, and loss of sensation on the palmar surface of the thumb.

By agreement, compensation benefits were paid by Employer’s…