Jones v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is an appeal by George Joseph Jones (claimant) from a decision, dated October 9, 1975, of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board). It is not disputed that the claimant was an assistant manager of Fisher’s Big Wheel, Inc. (employer) and that on August 4, 1974, he worked at the employer’s store in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. He filed a workmen’s compensation claim petition on September 4, 1974, alleging, in essence, that: (1) while within the course of his employment on August 4, 1974, he “slipped and smashed [his] knee against the bottom end of [a] counter”;…