City of Philadelphia v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Before this Court is the appeal of the City of Philadelphia (Employer) from the May 28, 1991 order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the decision of the referee who determined that Walter Barclay (Claimant) lost the use, for all practical intents and purposes, of both legs and entered an award for specific loss.

On November 27, 1966, Claimant was shot while in the course and scope of his employment as a police officer for Employer. Claimant was shot through the calf of his left leg, his shoulder, through his left lung and his spinal cord. As…