Stewart v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Craig Harlan Stewart (claimant) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s denial of benefits because the claimant had failed to sustain his burden of proving a compensable injury within the meaning of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act).1

On January 4, 1977, the claimant filed a claim petition alleging that in October of 1974, about two months after the commencement of his employment at Bryn Mawr Hospital (employer), he sustained a compensable injury when he was struck in the leg by a wheelchair while…