Kline v. Arden H. Verner Co.

WIEAND, Judge:

William B. Kline, employed as a painter, was injured in a work related fall from a ladder. He was unable to work for approximately a month and received workmen’s compensation benefits for that period. He sustained injuries to the pelvic region characterized as “priap[i]sm secondary to perineal trauma” which resulted in loss of the functional use of his penis. Because this is not among the enumerated specific losses compensable under Section 306 of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, as amended, 1 Kline commenced an action in trespass against the employer, Arden H.…