VALENT v. BERWIND-WHITE COAL MINING CO.


172 Pa.Super. 305 (1953)

Valent, Appellant, v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Company.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Jerko, for appellant.

Francis A. Dunn, with him Archibald M. Matthews, G.A. Whitehouse, Associate Counsel, Ralph H. Behney and Robert E. Woodside, Attorney General, for appellees.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and GUNTHER, JJ. (ARNOLD, J., absent).


OPINION BY HIRT, J., January 20, 1953:

In this action the widow of George Valent sought to recover compensation after the death of her husband on May 4, 1950, from occupational disease. He had worked as a miner in the defendant's bituminous coal mines, for many years. The Board ultimately found: "Fifteenth: . . . that [George Valent] became totally disabled on March 30, 1946 as a result of anthraco-silicosis by...

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