Caggiano v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The appellant, Vincent L. Caggiano, appeals here from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which directed him to submit to a medical examination pursuant to his employer’s filing of a petition to terminate the total disability benefits which he had been receiving.

The appellant had been granted workmen’s compensation benefits in 1975 on the basis that he was totally disabled as a result of beryllium poisoning which he had incurred while employed with Kawecki Berylco Industries, Inc. (employer). In 1977, the employer filed a petition to terminate,…