M & D Auto Body v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

BYER, Judge.

On July 12, 1977, John Pallott, an automobile mechanic for M & D Auto Body, sustained a work-related injury. He received benefits for total disability.

M & D filed a petition for modification, alleging that Pallott’s condition had changed from full to partial disability effective June 17, 1978, when he opened an auto repair and inspection station. Pallott admitted continuously oper*348ating his inspection station, but denied that his condition had changed from full disability to partial disability because: (1) his business suffered a loss each year except in 1979;1 and (2) he was…