Allen v. Bill's Tire Shop, Maryland Casualty Co.

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

After a Workmen’s Compensation agreement had been satisfied by a final receipt, claimant’s petition to re-open the case was granted on the ground that he had erroneously failed to include an item of $100 for medical expenses. The referee and the board allowed $33; the court disregarded their findings of fact, made its own, and awarded $100. The insurance carrier appeals.

In Vorbnoff v. Machine Co., 286 Pa. 199, at 205 it is said: “Section 427 of the Act of 1919 [P. L. 665] which takes the place of section 425 in the original statute [1915 P. L. 754] States that ‘Any party…