Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (employer) and its insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance Company appeal here from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) granting total disability benefits to Michael Smallen (claimant).

The claimant was employed for approximately thirteen years as a maintenance mechanic by the employer. In 1966 he sustained a fracture to his right elbow at work but no claim for compensation was submitted under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act1 (Act) at that time. Almost nine years later, in *144December of 1974 or January of…