Beisswanger v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

DISSENTING OPINION BY

Senior Judge DOYLE.

I respectfully dissent.

The critical issue in this appeal does not concern the discovery rule in Section 315 of the Workers Compensation Act (Act),1 77 P.S. § 602, or whether it should be applied to a specific loss injury under Section 306(c)(22) of the Act, 77 P.S. § 513(22), for a “serious and permanent disfigurement ... of such a character as to produce an unsightly appearance.... ” Clearly it is not applicable. Roadway Express, Inc. v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Siekierka), 708 A.2d 132, 135 n. 3 (Pa.Cmwlth.1998).

Similarly, the issue is not…