Acme Markets, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Acme Markets, Inc. (Employer) appeals a decision by Referee Arthur Piccone granting specific loss benefits to Walter Hopiak (Claimant), which was affirmed by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board).

The Claimant was injured June 8, 1981, when he fell off the back of a truck while in the course of his employment. He sustained injury to his right thumb and was driven to the hospital by his Employer for emergency room treatment. On June 12, 1981, an Employer’s Report of Occupational Injury was filed listing Claimant’s injury to his right thumb.

On December 8, 1981,…