Court Opinion

ID: 9746370
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 14:13:32.152553+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:12.498279
License: Public Domain

NIX, Chief Justice,
concurring.
My reading of this record satisfies me that the medical testimony establishes that Ms. Farquhar did not, prior to her employment as a screen-maker, possess a physiologic propensity that caused the thrombosis, but rather the condition resulted from her activities while engaged in that *334employment. I therefore agree that she is entitled to benefits because her present susceptibility to blood clots results from her former employment and the employer made no attempt to establish the availability of other suitable work accessible to appellant.
I also agree that section 440 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 77 P.S. § 996 (Supp.1986), is here applicable; and I therefore join in the mandate of the Court.