Baird v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

These consolidated appeals are from orders of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee’s dismissal of the workmen’s compensation claim of Pamela Baird (Claimant) for failure to appear at a hearing and failure to prosecute the claim. We reverse and remand.

Claimant filed a claim petition on February 13, 1987, alleging a work-related injury had occurred on February 4, 1985. The defendant filed a responsive pleading denying the material allegation in Claimant’s petition. Subsequently, several hearings were held by the referee concerning Claimant’s…