Ewing v. Koppers Co., Inc.

POLLITT, Judge.

This case concerns the extent to which the Workmen’s Compensation Commission retains continuing jurisdiction in a case which has been appealed to the circuit court.

Appellant, Lawton Edward Ewing, while in the employ of appellee, Koppers Company, Incorporated, on December 19, 1979, sustained an injury to his back, for which a claim for compensation was filed with the Commission and an award made. After Ewing suffered two falls in 1984, necessitating surgery on his left knee, the claim was reopened. Hearings were held before Commissioner Edward A. Palamara on August 24 and…