Caloric Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Senior Judge DOYLE.

Caloric Corporation (Employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), which had granted the claim petition of Stewart Shoemaker (Claimant) for specific loss benefits for the loss of his hearing in both ears.

Claimant worked, for Employer as a “dipper and flow coater” in its enamel department from May 1948 until November 16, 1990. He worked for no other employer during this entire time or thereafter. On November 2, 1993, Claimant filed a claim petition for the…