Claim of Woodward v. St. Joseph Lead Co.

Appeal by the self-insured employer from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board finding that claimant was permanently totally disabled from causally related silicosis, an occupational disease. Appellant first asserts that the rendering of the decision by a Referee other than the Hearing Referee was in violation of section 20 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Appellant, however, made no objection to the transferal at the time and its counsel fully participated, by way of cross-examination, after the transferal thus negating any possible allegation of prejudice by the transfer. Failure…