Farquhar v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from an order of the Commonwealth Court which affirmed the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which had affirmed a workmen’s compensation referee’s order denying appellant’s petition to reinstate compensation benefits. For the reasons to follow, we will reverse the Commonwealth Court and order the Board to reinstate benefits. With one notable exception, the facts are not in dispute. The record before us discloses the following.

Janet Farquhar, appellant, had been an employee of the Corning…