Cairnbrook Coal Co. v. Commonwealth, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is an appeal by Cairnbrook Coal Company (employer) from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s order directing the employer to pay an appearance fee to a claimant’s physician who testified at a hearing before the referee.

Andrew Yrabel (claimant) filed a claim petition for compensation for coal worker’s pneumoconiosis with the Bureau of Occupational Injury and Disease Compensation. At the referee’s first hearing, the claimant presented his own testimony and the report of his examining physician. At the employer’s request,…