ROBACHINSKI v. WORK. COMP. A. BD. ET AL.

No. 1739 C.D. 1976.

33 Pa.Commw. 89 (1977)

Raymond Robachinski, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Glen Nan, Inc., Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Yavorek, for petitioner.

John R. Lenahan, Sr., with him Joseph A. Murphy, and Lenahan, Dempsey & Murphy, and James N. Diefenderfer, for respondents.

Benjamin L. Costello, for amicus curiae, United Mine Workers of America.

Argued September 13, 1977, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges MENCER and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, December 19, 1977:

This is an appeal by Raymond Robachinski (claimant) from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed a referee's decision awarding compensation for total disability caused by anthracosilicosis.

The claimant was employed in the anthracite mining industry for a period of 28 years. For the last 22 months of this period, he was employed...

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