Young v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge BArbieri,

This is a petition for review filed by John M. Young (Claimant) from an order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which granted Weis Markets, Inc.s (Employer) petition for modification of benefits from total disability to partial disability. We reverse the order of the Board and reinstate the award of total disability.

Claimant suffered a work- related back injury on February. 7, 1975, when, he slipped on a piece of fat while carrying a tray of meat. The fall tore loose adhesions in his lower back which had formed as the result of two prior back…