D'Agata National Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

D’Agata National Inc., and Protective Insurance Company (D’Agata National) appeal a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board decision affirming a referee’s award for the total loss of sight in Joseph D’Agata’s left eye. We affirm.1

*529D ’Agata was shot twice in the head and four times in the abdomen while entering a mobile luncheonette. The luncheonette was located on the employer’s property, adjacent to the work premises. The referee found that the assailant appeared to be in the act of committing a robbery. D’Agata was awarded total disability benefits from…