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FARQUHAR v. W.C.A.B. (CORNING GLASS)

515 Pa. 315 (1987)

528 A.2d 580

Janet FARQUHAR, Appellant, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (CORNING GLASS WORKS), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Leventon, Leventon & Leventon, P.C., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Raymond F. Keisling, Carnegie, David M. McCloskey, (co-counsel), for Corning Glass Works.

Thomas J. Magrann, Secretary, LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for W.C.A.B.

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

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from an order of the Commonwealth Court which affirmed the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board which had affirmed a workmen's compensation referee's order denying appellant's petition to reinstate compensation benefits. For the reasons to follow, we will reverse the Commonwealth Court and order the Board to reinstate benefits. With one notable exception...

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