Lynch v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

545 Pa. 119 (1996)

680 A.2d 847

Robert LYNCH, Appellant,

v.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (TELEDYNE VASCO), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted March 4, 1996.

Decided July 31, 1996.

George M. Lynch, Latrobe, for appellant.

Mary J. McCrory, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and NIGRO, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Robert Lynch, appeals from the Order of the Commonwealth Court, which affirmed the Order entered by the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board ("Board"). The Board reversed the referee's decision which awarded…