Court Opinion

ID: 9704947
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 00:52:53.555405+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:06.844430
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HUTCHINSON, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result. However, I disassociate myself from any implication that the strict doctrine of waiver applicable to trials applies in workmen’s compensation proceedings. These proceedings are informal and the technical rules of procedure are relaxed. See, e.g., Lako v. Schlessinger, 208 Pa.Superior Ct. 85, 220 A.2d 665 (1966); Gonzales v. O’Donnell’s Broad St. Bar, Inc., 204 Pa. Superior Ct. 170, 203 A.2d 583 (1964). See also 2 A. Barbieri, Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation, § 6.19 (1975). Importing a rigid waiver doctrine into workmen’s compensation proceedings is neither desirable nor consistent with the goal of maintaining informality in the hearing procedure in compensation cases.
McDERMOTT, J., joins in this concurring opinion.