Robert Sabina Manufacturing Co. v. Commonwealth, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Umberto Goffi (claimant), a sixty-five year old machinist, suffered the amputation of portions of the middle three fingers of his left hand in two punch press accidents during his employment with Robert Sabina Manufacturing Company (Sabina). Goffi and Sabina entered into a workmen’s compensation agreement which provided benefits for total disability.1 More than a year later Sabina filed a petition to modify or terminate the agreement arguing that Goffi’s injuries had resolved themselves into a specific loss within the exclusive compensatory purview of Section 306(c) of…