Super Market Service v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Super Market Service (employer) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed the award of workmen’s compensation benefits to Harriet M. Gallagher (claimant). We affirm.

Claimant suffered a heart attack on June 5, 1975, while performing her usual duties as an order selector in her employer’s warehouse. Her job entailed bending, lifting, and carrying various boxes of items which weighed approximately 15 pounds. Her physician testified that the injury was job related and that claimant was totally disabled as a result of the…