Berkstresser v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

By the Act of April 13, 1927, P. L. 186, amending the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915, P. L. 736, as amended in 1919, (Act of June 26, 1919, P. L. 642), section, 413 which gave the board power to review, modify or reinstate compensation agreements and awards on proof that the disability of an injured employee had increased, decreased or recurred, etc., was modified so as to provide, “Except in the case of eye injuries, no agreement or award shall be reviewed, or modified, or reinstated unless a petition is filed with the board within one year after the date of the…