BRASACCHIO v. PA. HIGHWAY DEPT.


208 Pa.Super. 212 (1966)

Brasacchio, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Highway Department.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Gallagher, with him Ralph G. Mastrianni, and O'Malley, Morgan, Bour & Gallagher, for appellant.

Charles J. Bufalino, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, with him Clyde M. Hughes, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Edward Friedman, Acting Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WRIGHT, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, and SPAULDING, JJ.


OPINION BY WRIGHT, J., September 15, 1966:

Thomas J. Brasacchio seeks compensation under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P.L. 566, 77 P.S. 1201 et seq. On July 2, 1964, he filed a claim petition alleging that he became totally disabled from silicosis on June 15, 1964, as a result of employment since 1921 in occupations having a silica hazard. The Referee made an award payable entirely...

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