Vanaskie v. Stevens Coal Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the compensation authorities, without a syllable of testimony to justify such action, modified an agreement for payments at the rate of $15 per week for the definite period of 150 weeks, fixed by Section 306(c) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended April 13, 1927, P. L. 186, 77 PS §513, for the loss of claimant’s left foot, into an award for total disability, under Section 306(a), for a potential period of 500 weeks. The court below properly sustained the exceptions of the employer and its…