Colvin v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

Calhoun, Judge:

This case is before the Court upon an appeal by the employer, United States Steel Corporation, from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which reversed an order of the State Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner entered on July 8, 1969, and remanded the case to the commissioner for the taking of additional evidence.

The principal question presented for decision on this appeal is whether the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board was in error in holding that the State Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner exceeded his statutory authority in dismissing claimant’s protest,…