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UNORA v. GLEN ALDEN COAL CO.

377 Pa. 7 (1954)

Unora, Appellant, v. Glen Alden Coal Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Ullman, with him Thomas L. Kennedy, Jr., for appellants.

C.A. Whitehouse, Assistant Counsel, with him Ralph H. Behney, Counsel, and Frank F. Truscott, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Franklin B. Gelder, with him J.H. Oliver, Gilbert S. McClintock and William J. Davis, for Glen Alden Coal Company, appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, March 25, 1954:

The claimants for workmen's compensation in the three cases involved in this appeal from the Superior Court are coal miners afflicted with anthraco-silicosis, a malady listed in The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act* as compensable provided the disease totally disables the worker.

The Referees hearing the cases (individually) of the claimants Casper Unora, John Kalena and Frank...

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