Kania v. Ebensburg State School & Hospital

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Sophia A. Kania appeals a decision of the Department of Public Welfare denying her benefits in the nature of workmen’s compensation for her failure to prove the causal relationship of her disability to a work incident.1 After consideration of her appeal, we affirm.

Kania, a Vocational Adjustment Aide II at Ebensburg Center, was assaulted by a resident. Following one month of recuperation, she returned to full time. One year later she contracted pneumonia and suffered a kidney disorder whereupon she- left h'er job. She then sought benefits claiming recurrence of…