Rockwood Insurance v. Commonwealth

Opinion by.

Judge Craig,

The petitioner in this case is the former compensation carrier of the Frank Cicioni Trucking Company (Cicioni).

After an employee of Cicioni filed a claim petition, the insurer, Rockwood, presented evidence before a referee intended to show that it had cancelled its compensation policy with Cicioni before the date of the injury to the employee.

The insurer presented two issues to the referee. First, it alleged that Cicioni had not specifically paid the premium due on its workmen’s compensation policy, but merely made a payment on a running account it maintained through…