MARTIN N. HOOVER SHOPS v. W. C. A. B.

Nos. 638 C.D. 1981 and 749 C.D. 1981.

65 Pa.Commw. 396 (1982)

Martin N. Hoover Shops, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Albert Reichard, Jr., Respondents. Albert Reichard, Jr., Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Martin N. Hoover Shops, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Budding, for petitioner, Martin N. Hoover Shops.

John L. Sampson, Hassel, Yost & Sorrentino, for respondent, Albert Reichard, Jr.

Argued February 3, 1982, before Judges MENCER, ROGERS and WILLIAMS, JR., sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, March 19, 1982:

This protracted workmen's compensation litigation has its origin in injuries sustained by Albert Reichard on July 6, 1971, while he was performing the duties of his employment as a welder with Martin N. Hoover Shops. On that date the claimant was engaged in propagating a weld when an open can of paint thinner, apparently left in the area by a co-worker, was ignited spraying Mr. Reichard with flaming liquid and causing him to...

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