Bi-Lo Shop-N-Bag v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

Petitioners (employer and employer’s insurer) appeal an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which denied the employer’s petition for additional medical examinations of Claimant (employe). We remand.

As the result of a work-related injury in the course of employment, Claimant was awarded total disability benefits. Following the injury and the compensation award, Claimant was examined by several doctors including an orthopedic surgeon and a rheumatologist who were selected by Petitioner-employer.

On January 25, 1980, the Board issued an order denying…