Plum v. Hotel Washington

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

This is a compensation case involving much the same situation as was presented in the case of Cavanaugh v. Luekenbach Steamship Co., 125 Pa. Superior Ct. 275, 189 A. 789. An employee who returned to work for the same employer two months after an accident received the same or higher wages than he did before the accident. Does that fact alone, regardless of other facts in the case, deprive the employee of the right to receive compensation for partial disability?

The claimant was paid compensation for total disability until October 2, 1933, under an open agreement approved by…