# Morgan v. Giant Markets, Inc.

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · January 24, 1979 · 483 Pa. 421

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9730807

## Case

- **Full name:** William Dennis MORGAN, Claimant-Appellant, and Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board v. GIANT MARKETS, INC., Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** January 24, 1979
- **Citations:** 483 Pa. 421; 397 A.2d 415; 1979 Pa. LEXIS 433
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Eagen
- **Judges:** Eagen, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen, O'Brien, Pomeroy, Former
- **Cited by:** 49 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

EAGEN, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent.
An award of workmen’s compensation may not be made where there is no obvious causal connection between the work incident and the injury unless causation is established by unequivocal medical testimony. Munns v. Easthome Furniture Industries, Inc., 193 Pa.Super. 61 , 164 A.2d 30 (1960); Montgomery Mills Co. v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 26 Pa.Cmwlth. 471 , 364 A.2d 508 (1976); Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board v. Czepurnyj, 20 Pa.Cmwlth. 305 , 340 A.2d 915 (1975).
The circumstances surrounding the incident do not establish an obvious causal relationship between the work inci *425 dent and the injury. It was, therefore, incumbent upon claimant to establish the causal connection by unequivocal medical testimony. This he failed to do although he claims to have been treated by an orthopedic surgeon for months.

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