Bell Telephone Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion ry

Judge Blatt,

The Bell Telephone Compány of Pennsylvania (Bell) petitions for review of the order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed the decision of a referee disallowing further compensation to William F. Rothenbach, Jr. (claimant); dismissing the claimants Petition to Review; and terminating the Notice of Compensation Payable to which Bell and the claimant had agreed.

The claimant was originally injured, when, as he was performing his duties on June 6, 1980, a chair on which he was sitting broke and he sustained a lower back injury. The aforementioned…