Yockey v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Paul Yockey, a workmen’s compensation claimant, has appealed from ian order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board .affirming .the action of a referee granting his employer’s petition for termination of compensation. The issue is whether the referee’s conclusion that the employer had met its burden of showing that the claimant’s disability had ceased is supported by substantial evidence.,

The claimant was injured on October 13,1978 when the tractor-trailer in which he was then riding left the road because the driver, a co-worker, fell asleep. The employer began…