Legal Opinion

Ball Incon Glass Packaging v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 29, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Ball Incon Glass Packaging and American Motorists Insurance (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) which affirmed in part the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) to reinstate the benefits of Carlton E. Lentz, Sr. (Claimant).1 We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Claimant, bom March 15,1930, worked for Employer as a laborer for forty-two years without an injury. However, on February 19, 1987, Claimant was operating a payload-er, and, while getting down from it, he twisted his right ankle and fell on a concrete or asphalt…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Berks County Home v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  2. Paxos v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. North Philadelphia Aviation Center v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Pennsylvania Mines Corporation/Greenwich Collieries v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Thissen v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. v. Department of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  2. D'Errico v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. D'Errico v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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