Legal Opinion
Vovericz v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 6, 1979No. Appeal, No. 1338 C.D. 1977PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Craig,
The right hand of Anthony J. Vovericz is affected by cerebral palsy. His left hand has had parts of the index, middle and ring fingers amputated because of an employment-related accident which occurred in September of 1974.
By agreement, his employer’s carrier began paying him total disability compensation shortly after the accident.
To extend the period of disability compensation, claimant filed a petition against the Commonwealth’s Second Injury Reserve Fund under Section 306.1 of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act).1
*97Under that section, it is agreed that,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Curran v. Walter E. Knipe & Sons, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Symons v. National Electric Products, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Verna v. StablerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Poli v. WORK. COMP. APPEAL BOARDCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Ball v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Atkins v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Cleaver v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Cooper-Jarrett, Inc. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Jodon v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Cavanaugh v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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