Callahan v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

This is a workmen’s compensation case wherein the Claimant, Rosemary Callahan, petitions for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board). That order reversed a referee’s decision in her favor and denied her total disability benefits.

The following facts are pertinent. Claimant was employed as a packer by Pet, Inc.-Whitman’s Chocolates (employer), when she suffered a work-related injury to her lower back on September 22, 1978. As a result of that injury, she suffered a temporary total disability from September 22, 1978 until November 19,…