FORNWALT v. AVCO MFG. CORP.


175 Pa.Super. 300 (1954)

Fornwalt v. Avco Manufacturing Corp., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

April 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent P. Sumerfield, Jr., for appellant.

John P. Cupp and Williamson & Cupp, for appellee.

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


OPINION BY HIRT, J., April 15, 1954:

Plaintiff alleging total disability from anthraco-silicosis prosecuted his claim for workmen's compensation under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P.L. 566, as amended, 77 PS § 1201 et seq. The statutory requirements as to the period of claimant's exposure to the hazard were satisfied and the Referee after hearing made an award. On defendant's appeal, in which the Commonwealth in the interests of...

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