WILLIAMS v. SPAULDING BAKERIES, INC.


464 Pa. 29 (1975)

346 A.2d 3

Charles R. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. SPAULDING BAKERIES INC. and Utica Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Occupational Injury and Disease Compensation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel T. Klapper, Frank Bognet, Falvello, Ustynoski, Guiliana & Bernstein, Thomas J. Carlyon, Hazelton, for appellant.

James P. Harris, Harris, Johnston & Maguire, Wilkes-Barre, David A. Ody, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellees.

Jerome H. Gerber, James L. Cowden, Handler, Gerber & Weinstock, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, amicus curiae.

Van Arkel, Kaiser, Gressman & Rosenberg, Henry Kaiser, Ronald Rosenberg, Washington, D.C., Meranze, Katz, Spear & Wilderman, Bernard N. Katz, Philadelphia, for Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, for amicus curiae.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

On May 9, 1969, Charles R. Williams filed a claim petition under the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act,1 alleging he was totally disabled as the result of employment by Spaulding Bakeries, Inc. [Spaulding], in a hazardous occupation. Williams had been employed by Spaulding from 1934 to April 21, 1969, interrupted only by two years of military service. During this time Williams served in...

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