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LEWIS v. COM.

508 Pa. 360 (1985)

498 A.2d 800

Ernest Roth LEWIS, Appellant v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, and Pittsburgh Board of Education, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, Will & Keisling, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert J. Stefanko, Sol., David H. Dille, Asst. Sol., Pittsburgh Board of Education, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Commonwealth Court's affirmance of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board's reversal of a referee's decision awarding compensation to the appellant, 80 Pa.Cmwlth. 640, 472 A.2d 1176. The issue concerns the standard of review to be applied to a referee's determination of causation in cases where a claimant must establish a link between his medical condition and a work-related incident.

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