144 A. 822 | Pa. | 1928
Argued November 28, 1928.
On February 20, 1925, claimant, a coal miner employed by defendant company, fell down a manway and was severely injured. He received compensation under agreement until June 1, 1925, when he signed a final receipt and returned to his employment, taking up lighter work. On January 20, 1927, he petitioned for a reinstatement of compensation, on the ground that his total disability recurred on December 7, 1926, and that the period it would last was indeterminable. The referee found that claimant had been wholly disabled since December 7, 1926, and that this was due to "a latent condition of tuberculosis" which "was lit up as a result of his fall on February 20, 1925." This finding is sufficient in law to sustain the award in claimant's favor (Watson v. Lehigh C. N. Co.,
The judgment is affirmed.