WITTERS v. HARRISBURG STEEL CORP.


183 Pa.Super. 450 (1957)

Witters, Appellant, v. Harrisburg Steel Corporation.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

June 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Horner, with him Elmer E. Harter, Jr., for appellant.

Solomon Hurwitz, with him Hurwitz, Klein, Myers & Benjamin, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, and WATKINS, JJ.


OPINION BY WRIGHT, J., June 11, 1957:

George J. Witters seeks compensation under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act.1 On January 27, 1953, he filed a claim petition alleging that he became totally disabled from silicosis on February 4, 1952, as a result of employment continuously since 1932 in an occupation having a silica hazard. The Referee disallowed the claim. Upon appeal to the Workmen's Compensation Board the decision of the...

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