Roadway Express, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Roadway Express, Inc. (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee’s1 decision to grant Scott Palmer’s (Claimant) Claim Petition for specific loss benefits and to deny Employer’s Petition for Suspension, but reversing the referee’s decision to deny Employer’s Petition for Modification.

Claimant was employed by Employer as an outbound dock supervisor when, on March 2, 1987, a forklift operated by Claimant skidded off the loading dock, fell about five feet to the surface below and landed on Claimant’s feet, crushing…