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SOKOL v. W. C. A. B. (ST. REG. FAC. ET AL.)

No. 581 C.D. 1983.

91 Pa.Commw. 396 (1985)

Richard Sokol, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (State Regional Correctional Facility at Mercer and State Workmen's Insurance Fund), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis P. McEwen, Bogaty, McEwen, Sparks & Kochems, for petitioner.

Paul Dufallo, with him, S. James Goldman, Assistant Chief Counsel, S. James Goldman, P.C., for respondents.

Argued May 10, 1985, before Judges MacPHAIL and COLINS, and Senior Judge BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, August 28, 1985:

Richard Sokol (Petitioner) appeals a decision of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed a referee's award of benefits.

Petitioner was employed as a prison guard by the State Regional Correctional Facility at Mercer, Pennsylvania (Employer). On January 24, 1981, while bending down to conduct a routine "pat" search of inmates, Petitioner felt a sharp pain in his back, his left side...

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