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COOK v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 2607 C.D. 1978.

44 Pa.Commw. 569 (1979)

John Cook, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Crown Cork and Seal Co., Inc. and Insurance Co. of North America, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Bekelja, with him Frank, Margolis, Edelstein & Scherlis, for appellant.

Martin J. Fallon, Jr., with him Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, for appellees.

Argued April 6, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., ROGERS and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., August 3, 1979:

John Cook appeals an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) which affirmed a referee's dismissal of his petition for modification of an award.

Our review of the modification petition and record supports WCAB's conclusion that Cook's petition is an inappropriate vehicle for the relitigation of a prior, unappealed decision and order. Where, as here, Claimant raises substantive legal objections...

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