McBride Transportation Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

McBride Transportation, Inc. (McBride) has filed appeals from two orders of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) granting compensation to Richard L. Parker (claimant) for disability from a work-related injury.

On June 2, 1977, Parker, a resident of Pennsylvania, filed a claim petition alleging disability from an injury sustained in Pennsylvania while in the course of his employment with McBride, a New York trucking firm. Hearings were held before referee *595Harry C. Shayhorn at which neither McBride nor anyone on its behalf appeared. Neither had McBride at this…