Davis v. Merck Co., Inc.

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case with a welter of petitions, answers, etc.,—a record which we will attempt to simplify. The court of common pleas, principally on the theory of res judicata, affirmed the board’s order sustaining the referee’s dismissal of claimant’s petition. Hence this appeal.

The claimant was injured and entered into an agreement for compensation, after which a supplemental agreement was executed November 8, 1944, calling for payments of compensation to December 27, 1944, for the specific loss of the little finger.

On December 19, 1944,—before the…