Finch v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case. We are here concerned with an appeal by claimant from an order of the County Court of Allegheny County affirming an award made by the Workmen’s Compensation Board for partial disability on a fifty percent basis. It is claimant’s position that he is entitled to compensation for total disability.

Royal W. Finch was employed as a laborer by the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation. On July 26, 1954, he filed a claim petition alleging total disability from February 20, 1954, as the result of an alleged accident on December 29, 1953,…