Sullivan Trail Manufacturing Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by the Sullivan Trail Manufacturing Company (Sullivan) of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s award of benefits to Carl Wetzel for total disability under Section 108 of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, added by Section 1 of the Act of October 17, 1972, P.L. 930, as amended, 77 P.S. §27.1. We affirm.

On January 27, 1974, Wetzel, who had worked for Sullivan for twenty years in the mining industry, filed a Claim Petition alleging total disability…