Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board of the Commonwealth v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This workmen’s compensation appeal arises out of an injury sustained by Joseph H. Kelly, the claimant, when he slipped and fell while at work on January 4, 1968. The fall resulted in a comminuted fracture of the right arm near the shoulder. The claimant and his employer, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, entered into a compensation agreement for total disability at a rate of $52.50 per week. In October of 1968 he executed a final receipt effecting a termination of benefits as of October 6, 1968. He did not, however, return to work at that time but apparently elected…