A. Rifkin Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The A. Rifkin Company (Rifkin) has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which vacated a referee’s decision to deny benefits to the claimant, Joseph Sevitski, and remanded the case to the referee for further consideration consistent with the Board’s opinion.

While working at his desk as a plant manager for Rifkin, Joseph Sevitski suffered what was later diagnosed as a heart attack. Mr. Sevitski filed a timely claim petition and was afforded a hearing before a referee. The referee dismissed the petition after finding as a fact that the…