Duquesne Light Co. v. Diggs

46 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 58 (1979)

Duquesne Light Company, Petitioner

v.

Reno A. Diggs, Respondent.

No. 2321 C.D. 1978.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 10, 1979.

September 14, 1979.

Argued May 10, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., MENCER and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

John A. Lee, for petitioner.

C. William Berger, with him Berger, Kapetan, Malakoff & Meyers, for respondent.

OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, September 14, 1979:

Reno A. Diggs (claimant), while in the course of his employment with Duquesne Light Company (employer) on July 7, 1976, injured his back when dumping trash from one…