Stoyer v. Sarko

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Val Sarko (Sarko) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court) denying his motion to open or strike the judgment entered against him after he failed to pay worker’s compensation benefits to Robert Stoyer (Stoyer).

Stoyer filed a claim petition under the Workmen’s Compensation Act claiming that while cleaning the basement of an apartment house owned by Sarko, he suffered lacerations and a fractured wrist. Sarko answered, denying that an employer-employee relationship existed between him and Stoyer. After hearings, the referee found that Stoyer…