Palermo v. North East Preserving Works, Inc.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the referee awarded compensation for total disability as the result of a hernia for a period of 14 5/7 weeks. The award was sustained by the Workmen’s Compensation Board and by the court below, and judgment was entered for claimant. The employer’s insurance carrier has appealed.

At the time appellee sustained his injury on January 18, 1938, there were no statutory requirements relating specifically to the essential proofs in hernia cases. The provisions of paragraph (g) of section 306 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915, added by…