Paolis v. Tower Hill Connellsville Coke Co.

Citations

• 265 Pa. 291
• 108 A. 638
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 542

Syllabus

<p>Workmen’s, compensation — Payments of compensation — Payments for hospital service — Petition not fled within a year — Statute of limitations — Workmen’s Compensation Act, June 2, 1915, P. L. 786, Sec. 806 (e), Sec. 815.</p> <p>1. Payments made for “surgical, medical and hospital services, medicines and supplies” under section 306 (e) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. J36, are not “payments of compensation” within the purview of section 315 of said act.</p> <p>2. Hence such payments under section 306 .(e) do not toll the running of the limitation prescribed by Section 31:5.</p> <p>3. Where a petition for compensation is not filed until more than one year after an accident, petitioner cannot recover although within the year a payment has been made to a hospital under section 306 (e).</p>