Philadelphia Electric Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This is an appeal by petitioner, Philadelphia Electric Company, from an order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) approving the referees grant of benefits to claimant/respondent, Robert Rutter, on the basis that his back injury was an aggravation of a pre-existing, work-related injury.

Claimant was a mechanical assistant employed by petitioner since February of 1954. He alleges that on Wednesday, January 22, 1980, while changing a battery, he twisted his back. He worked the next two days but on the evening of January 24, lay down on a sofa in his home and…