FMC Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Petitioner, FMC Corporation, seeks review of an order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed and remanded the referees order and reinstituted compensation benefits for total disability for injuries separate and distinct from the specific loss of claimants, Albert Wadatz, left foot.

On November 5, 1980, claimant, who was employed by petitioner, sustained a work-related injury in which his left foot was crushed and subsequently amputated. The notice of compensation payable described the injury as a crushed left foot. Subsequently, the petitioner…