Mosgo v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Barbieri,

Petitioner, Stephen Mosgo (Claimant), appeals from the action of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) in sustaining a referee’s decision sanctioning the discontinuance of benefit payments.

Claimant, a driver-salesman for Tri-Area Beverage, Inc. (Employer), suffered a heart attack while delivering half barrels of beer, each weighing 170 pounds, to a customer of the Employer on November 23, 1979, in what he described as “double work” because of the holiday, when he suffered pains in his chest and arms, became weak and was sweating. He was relieved of duty and…