Bell Telephone Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania appeals orders of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board in these two similar cases. Although not consolidated for argument, the cases present parallel elements prompting us to dispose of them in this consolidated opinion. In each case, the board affirmed the referee’s award of benefits for a psychiatric disability determined to be a compensable injury related to the claimants’ employment under section 301(c) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act,1 77 P.S. §411. We must determine whether substantial evidence2 supports…