Dolan v. Com. of Pa

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case wherein the defendant appeals from the order of the common pleas court, ordering and directing a rehearing, and remanding the case for further proceedings, in an appeal by claimant from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, dismissing claimant’s petition for a rehearing.

While there are a number of assignments of error, the sole question in this case is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Board has jurisdiction to grant a rehearing on a petition presented more than a year after the date of the decision of the Board from…