George v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, affirming the referee’s decision, denied benefits to Katherine B. George on the grounds that supporting medical testimony was equivocal and failed to sustain the burden of proving a work-related injury.1 We likewise affirm.

George, employed as a meat wrapper, was involved in an accident at work on February 4, 1977, when a stack of meat boxes toppled and struck her back. She later felt pain in her left leg, was examined by severál physicians, underwent myelogram tests, and finally was admitted to a hospital on June 1,1977,…