Chamberlain v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Joseph Gr. Chamberlain and Travelers Insurance Company (employer) appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which sustained the order of a referee granting the prayer of a petition for modification filed by William Brown (claimant) and awarding total disability benefits.

*74Mr. Brown was earning $90.00 a week as a carpenter with, the employer when he suffered a work-related injury to his left leg on November 9, 1966, on account of which he was paid total disability benefits of $52.50 a week. In December, 1967, the employer filed a petition for…