34 Pa. Commw. 476 | Pa. Commw. Ct. | 1978
Opinion by
The A. Rifkin Company (Rifkin) has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which vacated a referee’s decision to deny benefits to the claimant, Joseph Sevitski, and remanded the case to the referee for further consideration consistent with the Board’s opinion.
While working at his desk as a plant manager for Rifkin, Joseph Sevitski suffered what was later diagnosed as a heart attack. Mr. Sevitski filed a timely claim petition and was afforded a hearing before a referee. The referee dismissed the petition after finding as a fact that the claimant “was performing his usual work in the usual manner and did not suffer an accident or work related injury” and concluding as a matter of law that the claimant “failed
On appeal, the Board correctly noted that the 1972 amendments to Section 301(c) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act
Accordingly, we enter the following
Order
And Now, this 30th day of March, 1978, the appeal of the A. Rifkin Company from the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board dated December 9, 1976 is hereby quashed.
Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §411.
A claimant is now only required to show that his injury arose in the course of his employment and that it was causally connected with his work. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board v. Bowen, 26 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 593, 364 A.2d 1387 (1976).