Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is an appeal by Sidney V. Blecker from the order of the Commonwealth Court reversing the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board granting benefits for a psychic injury claimed to have been caused by his employment as an attorney with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. The Commonwealth Court held that Blecker was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because he had failed to establish that his psychic injury was caused by abnormal working conditions. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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