Housing Authority of City of Pittsburgh v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

COLINS, Judge.

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh and the PMA Group (collectively, employer) petition for review of a September 29, 1993 order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s (referee) decision to grant Clarence P. Sheffield’s (claimant) claim petition (petition). For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse.

Claimant filed a petition on July 3, 1987, seeking benefits for an injury to his right leg caused when a co-employee accidentally kicked him and aggravated a previous surgical site where claimant had received a femoral by-pass.…