Bonitz Bros. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Dissenting Opinion by

Judge Doyle:

I respectfully dissent. Section 306(f)(1) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act)1 *599formerly required that the employer provide payment for ‘ ‘ transportation to and from the place where such [medical] services are rendered.” This requirement, however, was omitted by the 1939 amendment to the Act.2 In Goliat v. Butler Consolidated Coal Co., 155 Pa. Superior Ct. 254, 38 A.2d 727 (1944), the Superior Court held that the omission of this requirement “clearly indicates an intention on the part of the legislature to do away with the requirement that the…