Ricciardi v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

After an evidentiary hearing, workmen’s compensation referee Wallace J. Stevenson denied the claim of the instant appellant, Joseph Ricciardi, for workmen’s compensation benefits. Mr. Ricciardi appealed the referee’s order to the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which reversed it and remanded the case to Referee Stevenson for rehearing.

We are informed by copies of correspondence attached to the appellant’s Petition on Appeal that the following then occurred: counsel for the appellant requested Mr. Stevenson to disqualify himself from rehearing the case on the ground…