Marshall v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Harlee Marshall appeals a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board order reversing a referee’s decision and terminating compensation. We affirm.

Marshall, a Temple. University maintenance man, received benefits after sustaining a back injury in a fall. Temple later filed a termination petition, alleging that Marshall’s disability, although continuing, was no longer related to the injury. The referee denied the petition, deciding that Temple had not met its burden of proving the claimant’s existing disability was not the result of the injury.1 The Board…