HUMMEL v. CONTINENTAL FOREST IND.


139 Pa.Commw. 476 (1991)

591 A.2d 3

Thomas HUMMEL, Deceased Patricia Hummel, Widow, v. CONTINENTAL FOREST INDUSTRIES and American Motorist Insurance Company. Appeal of SONOCO FIBRE DRUM, INC., Successor of Continental Forest Industry and its insurer, American Motorists Insurance Company.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vatche Kaloustian, Thomas F. McDevitt, P.C., Philadelphia, for appellant.

John R. Badal, Liever, Hyman & Potter, P.C., Reading, for appellee.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, PALLADINO, J., and BARRY, Senior Judge.


CRAIG, President Judge.

Continental Forest Industries, employer, and American Motorists Insurance Company, AMA, appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County denying the employer's request to open or strike a default judgment granting benefits to Patricia Ann Hummel Marmarou, claimant. We affirm.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court's dismissal of the employer's petition to open or strike a judgment, for worker compensation...

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