Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The petitioner, Oscar Mayer & Company, seeks review of a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which upheld a referee’s ruling denying the petitioner’s request to terminate total disability benefits which were being paid to the respondent, Eugene Manzi.

In February of 1977, the petitioner entered into an agreement with Mr. Manzi to pay compensation for total disability after he incurred an injury in the course of his employment when a meat rack fell on Ms head, shoulders and back.1 In December of 1979, the petitioner asked to terminate or modify…