Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Topps Chewing G-um, Inc. (Topps) appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which upheld a referee’s award of total disability benefits to Matthew Demich.

Demich suffered a back injury while lifting a one hundred pound barrel, on January 3, 1979, during the course of his employment with Topps. After apprising his supervisor of the incident, he was treated by the company’s medical staff. Despite chronic intermittent back pain, claimant continued working. Demich reinjured his back at work on September 22, 1980, while lifting a forty to fifty pound…