Clark v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Barbieri,

Warren W. Clark, Claimant, appeals here the action of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) in affirming a referee’s dismissal of Claimant’s Petition to Set Aside Final Beceipt.

The sole issue presented by Claimant, unique and certainly of first instance, is whether or not it was an abuse of discretion by the referee to refuse Claimant’s request for the appointment of an impartial *60physician under Section 420 of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act),1 where Claimant’s indigency made it impossible for him to procure the services of his own medical…