Westmoreland Casualty Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Westmoreland Casualty Company (Appellant) appeals a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming an award of benefits to J. L. Lee (Claimant).

The facts as found by the referee are as follows. Claimant was employed by Treesdale Labs (Employer) where he took “hot tops” made of crushed limestone from ovens and placed them, with the help of coworkers, onto pallets in preparation for delivery. Specifically, the referee found

that on September 24, 1971, Claimant’s foot slipped while handling a hot top weighing between 300 and 400 pounds with two…