Shubert v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

Theodore Shubert (claimant) appeals an order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed a referees decision denying his claim for com*139pensation for a job-related mental disability, pursuant to Section 301(c) of The Pennsylvania Workmens Compensation Act1 (Act), 77 P.S. §411.

The claimant had been employed by C. M. American Industries (employer) for twenty-three years when he was arrested and charged with the theft of the employers property, namely, certain steel items described as binders or ratchets. Claimant at all times insisted that the…