Vulcan Materials Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

In this workmen’s compensation appeal, Vulcan Materials Co., Inc., contends that Albert L. Papa, Jr. (claimant) failed to present unequivocal medical *639testimony to establish the requisite causal connection between his injury and disability. Both the referee and Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) granted total disability benefits to claimant, who twisted something in his back and experienced pain in his lower back and groin when lifting 11-pound drums at work on August 5, 1975. On the basis of Morgan v. Giant Markets, Inc., 483 Pa. . 421, 397 A.2d 415 (1979), the…