Hummel v. Continental Forest Industries

CRAIG, President Judge.

Continental Forest Industries, employer, and American Motorists Insurance Company, AMA, appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County denying the employer’s request to open or strike a default judgment granting benefits to Patricia Ann Hummel Marmarou, claimant. We affirm.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court’s dismissal of the employer’s petition to open or strike a judgment, for worker compensation due over a stated time period, is an error of law when the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board granted a supersedeas to the employer,…