Consolidated Freightways v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

CRAIG, President Judge.

Consolidated Freightways (employer) appeals a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board that (1) affirmed a referee’s order granting the employer’s termination petition and (2) reversed the referee’s order limiting the employer’s responsibility for medical expenses to those incurred before March 16, 1988. We affirm the board’s decision except that portion which reverses the referee’s order limiting the employer’s responsibility for the claimant’s medical expenses.

This case presents a need for this court to address a question which Judge Barbieri, in his…