FRIEDMAN'S EXPRESS CO. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 2325 C.D. 1977.

41 Pa.Commw. 81 (1979)

Friedman's Express Company, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Ralph T. Throop, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth DeMarco, with him S. Keene Mitchell, Jr., for petitioner.

David Saba, with him Patrick E. Dougherty, for respondent.

Argued February 5, 1979, before Judges ROGERS, DiSALLE and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, March 6, 1979:

Ralph T. Throop was employed by Friedman's Express Company, a trucking company, as a dock helper, loading and unloading trailer trucks. In September 1973 he was injured while pushing pipe from a truck to his employer's loading dock. As a result of his injuries he underwent surgery on September 23, 1973 for the repair of a hernia of the right side. Mr. Throop returned to work with Friedman's Express in about the middle of November...

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