Zinc v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “In the instant case, there can be no doubt that there was competent evidence to support the referee’s findings. Indeed, a comparison of the description of the scarring by the referee with that of the Board discloses no substantial difference in what each of them observed. Under such circumstances, we must conclude that the Board erred as a matter of law when it increased the award based upon its own observation of the Claimant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board