PennDOT ET AL. v. W.C.A.B. (HOCKENBERRY)

No. 3319 C.D. 1985.

106 Pa.Commw. 511 (1987)

527 A.2d 197

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation and State Workmen's Insurance Fund, Petitioners v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Hockenberry), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine A. Blue, Assistant Chief Counsel, with her, Paul J. Dufallo, for petitioner, Department of Transportation.

John W. McTiernan, for respondent.

Submitted on briefs April 21, 1987, to Judges CRAIG and DOYLE, and Senior Judge BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE BARBIERI, June 10, 1987:

Before us in this workmen's compensation case is the petition of State Workmen's Insurance Fund (SWIF), appealing from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee's decision that included in an award for disfigurement, compensation for the first seven days of disability suffered by Stephen J. Hockenberry, Claimant. We affirm.

The issue here is one of statutory construction...

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