Redmond v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This is Bertha Redmond’s appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) denying her workmen’s compensation benefits. We affirm.

Mrs. Redmond filed a claim petition alleging that she injured her back in the course of her duties as a sewing machine operator, more particularly, while moving a bundle of dresses. Medical examination revealed a herniated spinal disc and it is uncontested that, at the time of the hearing before the referee in September 1978, Mrs. Redmond was disabled.

However, the evidence before the referee as to the origin of the…