Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. A. R. Bar, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

A. R. Bar, Inc., an employer, and its insurance carrier have appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee’s decision granting benefits to the widow of Peter Norman.

Mr. Norman was employed as a janitor at A. R. Bar, Inc.’s bar and night club at a salary of $50 per week. On April 14, 1969, a case of beer fell and injured his right foot. Mr. Norman consulted Dr. Jacob Levin on April 24, 1969. Dr. Levin then ascertained, as he later testified at the referee’s hearing, that Mr. Norman was diabetic, that his injured foot was infected,…