Motor Truck Owners Conference, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Motor Truck Owners Conference, Inc., (employer) is appealing from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board).

*407On May 30, 1973, Paul Shettel (claimant) was injured in the course of his employment when he fell from a ladder as he was unloading a truck and a portable sewing machine landed on his chest. A notice of compensation payable was executed by the employer indicating the nature of the injury as “torn ligaments of back,” and the employer later filed a petition for termination alleging that the claimant had recovered from the back injury. The referee…