Merz v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Claimant appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County affirming the denial of workmen’s compensation benefits by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board). We affirm.

Claimant was employed by the Department of Labor and Industry, serving from 1939 to 1964 as a sec*640ret-ary to a referee ixr the First District. Her principal duties were supervising the office, scheduling hearings and typing notices. In 1964 it was arranged that claimant could work at home. The change altered her duties, requiring an extensive amount of typing each…