Hunter v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

KELLEY, Judge.

Norman Hunter (claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) denial of claimant’s claim petition. The WCJ dismissed the claim petition due to claimant’s failure to provide timely notice of his alleged work injury as required by section .311 of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1 We vacate and remand.

Claimant.filed a claim petition alleging that he sustained an injury to his lower back on March 13,1991 while in the scope and course of his employment ,as a truck driver. The original…