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DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 2451 C.D. 1978.

47 Pa.Commw. 108 (1979)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Labor and Industry, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Robert W. Robinson, a/b/a Robinson-Ogilvie Moving and Storage, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

October 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra S. Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioner.

Paul K. Geer, with him Robert C. Jones and Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, for respondents.

Argued September 14, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR. and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, October 31, 1979:

This appeal from the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board requires us to interpret the first paragraph of Section 406.1 of The Workmen's Compensation Act (Act)1 which provides:

The employer and insurer shall promptly investigate each injury reported or known to the employer and shall proceed promptly to commence the payment of compensation...

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