Weathergard, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a referee’s decision suspending total disability compensation pursuant to Section 413(a) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §772. We affirm.

Claimant sustained a work-related injury on February 28, 1973. He received total disability compensation from March 15, 1973 until benefits were suspended by order of the referee on November 12, 1976.1 The Board concluded that “ [t]he Referee’s Findings of Fact Nos. 5…