Holgate v. Workmens Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Frederick H. Holgate (Petitioner) has filed a petition for review in which the sole issue raised is whether the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) and referee correctly decided that the Police and Fire Medical Association (Association) has no subrogation rights under Section 319 of The Pennsylvania Workmens Compensation Act (Act), 1 77 P.S. §671. We vacate and remand.

Petitioner, who worked for twenty-six years for the City of Philadelphia (Employer) as a fire fighter, filed a claim petition for compensation on December 2, 1982 in which he alleged that he was…