Legal Opinion
Smith v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 25, 1979No. Appeal, No. 2149 C.D. 1977PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge MacPhail,
Emma Jean Smith (Claimant) seeks workmen’s compensation benefits as a result of an injury she allegedly sustained on September 26, 1975. She testified that she stepped in a hole on the floor where she was working and injured her back. She had been denied benefits by the referee and the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board). The sole issue is whether the accident ever happened.1
*119In the referee’s findings of fact he states:
23. The Referee finds that Claimant’s testimony concerning the occurrence of a work-related fall on September 26, 1975 and her testimony that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Universal Cyclops Steel Corp. v. KrawczynskiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- St. Denis v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- United States Steel Corp. v. SimonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
3Cited by8 opinions
- State Products Corp. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Novak v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Coastal Tank Lines, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Redmond v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Frye v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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