Fornatti v. Tower Hill Connellsville Coke Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 98, April T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Fayette County, March T., 1919, No. 209, dismissing appeal from decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Dominic Fornatti v. Tower Hill Connellsville Coke Company. Appeal from award of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Yan Swearingen, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 98, April T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Fayette County, March T., 1919, No. 209, dismissing appeal from decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Dominic Fornatti v. Tower Hill Connellsville Coke Company. Appeal from award of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Yan Swearingen, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court affirmed the award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board and dismissed the appeal. Défendant appealed. Error assigned, ámüng other», was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
This appeal must be sustained. The referee to whom the petitions for modification of the compensation agreement filed by both the claimant and the defendant were assigned for hearing found that claimant’s total disability had ceased on July 11, 1917, to which date compensation had been paid him; that he was still suffering from a partial disability the extent of which and of his consequent loss of earning power he was unable to determine because claimant had not returned to work; that these matters should be determined by a supplemental agreement or petition to modify the…
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