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BARNES AND TUCKER CO. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 1964 C.D. 1977.

40 Pa.Commw. 152 (1979)

Barnes and Tucker Company, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Frank Sewalish, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Rose, with him Spence, Custer, Saylor, Wolfe & Rose, for petitioner.

Gerald Long, with him Blair V. Pawlowski and James N. Diefenderfer, for respondents.

Argued September 28, 1978, before Judge MENCER, BLATT and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, January 25, 1979:

Frank Sewalish (claimant) was employed as a wireman for Barnes and Tucker Company (employer). Claimant's job involved lifting 200-pound sections of wire. On June 11, 1974, while engaged in this strenuous work, claimant experienced severe chest pains. He was taken to a hospital where his condition was misdiagnosed as "bursitis" and he was cleared to return to work. Claimant continued to experience milder chest pains until...

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