Brennan v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Petitioner, widow-claimant, appeals the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) *433which reversed the referee’s award of compensation and of counsel fees and remanded the case to the referee for further findings on whether the death of claimant’s husband resulted from the work-related injury. As we view it, the only issue we must and do decide at this time is whether the remand order is interlocutory. We hold that it is and must quash this appeal as premature.

The limited exceptions to the general rule that remand orders are interlocutory arise…