Carpenter v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Roger R. Carpenter, a workmen’s compensation claimant, has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation [Appeal] Board which set aside an award of benefits by a referee. All of the actions taken in this matter predated the amendments to Section 423 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act,1 by Acts Nos. 12 and 61 of 1972, and therefore the Board had the power, as it did, to vacate crucial findings and conclusions of the referee and to substitute therefor its own determinations.

The appellant contends that the Board capriciously disregarded competent evidence, first, in…