Legal Opinion

Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Budd Co.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 14, 1977No. Appeal, No. 1115 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This appeal has been taken by The Budd Company (employer) from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee’s award of benefits to Louis J. Braun (claimant) for disfigurement for 11 weeks at the rate of $114 per week and for 4 weeks at the rate of $171 per week. The employer has argued that the award was excessive and that, since the award was for disfigurement, the referee and Board improperly considered a fractured tooth which had been repaired. Since our reading of the record indicates that the employer’s appeal to this Court was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Yorktowne Paper Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. General v. E. Roseman CompanySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. General v. E. Roseman Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. JohnsonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh Moose Lodge 46 v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Sellers v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Cooper Industrial Products v. MeadowsCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1982
  4. Ludwikowski v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  5. Jessieco, Inc. v. WCAB (McCutcheon)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2021

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