Lamanna v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on American Refrigerator Equipment Co. v. Commonwealth · Forbes Pavilion Nursing Home, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board · Bullock v. Building Maintenance, Inc. · Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Jones & Langhlin Steel Corp. · Wilson v. International Peripheral Systems, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“The Board, the department or referee, if it or he deem it necessary, may, of its or his own motion, either before, during, or after any hearing, . . . appoint one or more impartial physicians or surgeons to examine the injuries of the plaintiff and report thereon, . . . [and] . . . [t]he Board or referee, as the case may be, shall fix the compensation of such physicians, surgeons, and experts, which, when so fixed, shall be paid out of the sum appropriated to the Department of Labor and Industry for such purpose. [ 4 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Consequently, the failure to exercise that discretion does not constitute reversible error where, as here, the referee chose to base his decision on the testimony of one of the medical witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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