Sacks v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

James O. Sacks (employer) and his workmen’s compensation insurance carrier have appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) awarding benefits to William H. Sacks (claimant). We affirm.

Claimant was employed as a school bus driver, and he was responsible for transporting handicapped children. On April 2,1973, he stopped to pick up a 17-year-old boy in a wheelchair. Claimant grasped the boy, who weighed 142 pounds, under the arms, lifted him out of the wheelchair, stood up, pivoted to his right, and set the boy down in a seat of the bus.…