Dillon v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The narrow question in this case arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Act is whether the appellant met his burden of proof with respect to his petition seeking to modify an award of compensation for partial disability to one for total disability. To answer this question, however, we must examine the broader issue of what elements make up that burden of proof.

Thomas Dillon suffered a lower back strain while working for Greenwich Collieries on September 13, 1976. Compensation for total disability was paid pursuant to a Notice of Compensation Payable issued September…