Walther v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Richard Walther (claimant) appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s determination that his disability from a work-related accident had terminated.

The claimant was injured when the tractor-trailer truck in which he was driving overturned on March 22, *1241968. The B & P Motor Express Company (employer) thereafter agreed to pay compensation to him, and benefits were, in fact, paid until January 1974, when the employer petitioned to terminate payments on the basis that the claimant was no longer disabled. After a…