ACF Industries, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Barbieri,

ACF Industries, Inc. — AM CAR Division (ACF), is before us on an appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s decision directing payment of certain medical expenses incurred by the claimant, Dean C. Brown, as a result of a work related injury. We will affirm.

Claimant suffered a reinjury in the form of a hernia at the site of a previously repaired hernia on January 24, 1980. He brought this to the attention of the employer’s medical department where he was examined by the company physician, Dr. Charles Woodcock, a board…