Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Neville Chemical Co.

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This case is companion to Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board v. Overmyer Mold Company, 20 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 342, 342 A.2d 439 (1975). Here, too, pursuant to Section 306(f) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §531, the employer designated five physicians for treatment of injured employes. The referee found on substantial competent evidence that the instant claimant, Smittie J. Brown, had actual knowledge of the designation. He nevertheless refused to consult any of the desig*464nated physicians and was attended by a…