Douglas v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

In December 1974, Frederick E. Douglas filed a workmen’s compensation claim based on an alleged work-related injury suffered in 1972. After hearings, a referee denied benefits. Douglas appealed. The Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirmed the referee’s decision and mailed a notice of its action to the parties on May 6, 1976. No appeal from this order was taken. On May 25,1976, Douglas filed with the Board a Petition for Rehearing in which he assigned as the sole reason for a rehearing the fact that he had witnesses present at the referee’s hearings which he did not…