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THOMAS v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 2085 C.D. 1979.

55 Pa.Commw. 449 (1980)

Daniel Thomas, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Atlantic Refining Company, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Polin, for petitioner.

Susan McLaughlin, with her David L. Pennington, for respondent, Atlantic Refining Company.

Argued October 6, 1980, before Judges MENCER, ROGERS and PALLADINO, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE PALLADINO, December 18, 1980:

This is an appeal by Daniel Thomas (claimant) from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the referee and denying claimant compensation for a psychiatric disability.

Claimant had been employed as a laborer for over twenty years at Atlantic Refining Company's (ARCO) Philadelphia refinery when on May 11, 1970, a fire occurred at the refinery, the heat from which burned the claimant...

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