Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board of the Commonwealth v. Hoffman

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Pearl E. Hoffman, as executrix of the estate of Marvin E. Hoffman, deceased,1 has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board sustaining a referee’s decision to grant Eastern Express, Inc.’s (Eastern) petition to terminate compensation payable to its employee Marvin E. Hoffman.

Mr. Hoffman fell and suffered head, neck and spinal injuries while at work for Eastern on April 29, 1973. During the course of hospital treatment he was examined by Dr. S. A. Tukanowicz, a neurosurgeon, who ordered diagnostic tests which revealed the presence of a malignant…