Page's Department Store v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Crispino Velardi (claimant) was employed by Page’s Department Store (employer) in Sayre. While arranging merchandise in a display window on May 11, 1971, he suffered an injury to his back. This activity, which was not unusual for the claimant in the performance of his duties, involved bending and lifting lawn mowers and other items, and the injury occurred when he lifted a lawn mower weighing approximately fifty pounds from the floor to a platform about six inches high. He had bent over to set the lawn mower down, and, when he tried to stand up straight, he felt a sharp…