Vare Bros. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Vare Brothers, the employer, and Orlando Chiaradonna, the worker, has each filed a petition for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which (1) affirmed a referee’s award of specific loss benefits to the worker for the complete loss of hearing in both ears pursuant to Section 306(c) of 'The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act),1 77 P.S. §513(8), and (2) reversed the referee’s award of counsel’s fees against the employer.

The worker’s employment was as a laborer. In January, 1979, the worker and a eo-worker, described as the lead man on…