Testa v. National Radiator Corp.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the referee awarded compensation for total disability as the result of a hernia. The award was sustained by the Workmen’s Compensation Board and by the court below, and judgment was entered for claimant. The employer and its insurance carrier have appealed.

As to the manner in which the injury was sustained appellee, who was employed by appellant employer as a laborer, testified that he was shoveling sand into a truck when he felt a pain in his right side. The shovel contained 15 to 20 pounds of sand, which was thrown to a…