Ulmer v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Cbtjmlish, Je.,

Raymond E. Ulmer was denied workmen’s compensation benefits by a referee and the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board on the grounds that the alleged accident was not reported to the employer within the required 120-day period.1 He had been employed as a stock clerk by the Nazareth Hardware Company and allegedly suffered an injury to his left side while stacking lawn mowers in September of 1974. The record clearly tells us that his employer received no direct notice of the alleged injury until December of 1975, but Ulmer states that a fellow employee, whom he…