Opinion

Steven Kulovits Trucking & State Workmen's Insurance Fund v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

  • 16 Pa. Commw. 417
  • 332 A.2d 892
  • 1975 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 713
Court
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Feb 18, 1975
Status
Published
Author
Kramer
On the bench
Kramer, Mencer, Wilkinson
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 70.2%

The opinion

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal by Steven Kulovits Trucking and State Workmen’s Insurance Fund (hereinafter collectively referred to as Kulovits) from an adjudication by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which awarded compensation to Larry C. Miller (Miller).

Miller was injured in an automobile accident on October 5, 1972, and he filed a claim for workmen’s compensation on October 19, 1972. The primary legal issue involved in Miller’s claim is the question of whether he was in the course of his employment when he was injured. The referee decided Miller was not in the *419 course of his employment when he sustained his injuries and, therefore, denied compensation. On appeal the Board concluded that the referee had erred in concluding that Miller was not in the course of his employment when he was injured and, therefore, the Board reversed the referee and awarded compensation for total disability. Kulovits now appeals to this Court, arguing that Miller was not in the course of his employment when he was injured and that the Board erred when it reversed the referee’s decision.

We are precluded from considering the merits of Kulovits’ appeal because it was not timely filed. Section 427 of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §873 (Supp. 1974-1975), requires that appeals to this Court be taken within 20 days after notice of the Board’s action has been served. Section 406 of the Act, 77 P.S. §717 (Supp. 1974-1975), provides in pertinent part: “any notice or copy shall be deemed served on the date when mailed. ...” The Board’s decision in this case was mailed on May 16, 1974, and Kulovits’ appeal was not filed in this Court until June 6, 1974. In computing statutory time periods, we are required to exclude the first day and include the last day. See Section 1908 of the Statutory Construction Act of 1972, 1 Pa. C.S. §1908. Kulovits’ appeal was filed one day late, and, therefore, this Court does not have jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. See Findlay Refractories Co. v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, 13 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 279 , 320 A. 2d 399 (1974); General v. E. Roseman Co., 10 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 569 , 312 A. 2d 609 (1973). In accordance with the above, we therefore

Order

And Now, this 18th day of February, 1975, the appeal of Steven Kulovits Trucking and State Workmen’s Insurance Fund is hereby dismissed.

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