JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL C. v. W. C. A. BD. ET AL.

No. 1891 C.D. 1976.

34 Pa.Commw. 202 (1978)

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Nicholas Birch and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, with him Will & Keisling, for petitioner.

Sandra S. Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, with her Benjamin L. Costello, Kenneth J. Yablonski, and James N. Diefenderfer, for respondents.

Argued October 31, 1977, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR. and BLATT, sitting as a panel of two.


OPINION BY JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., March 8, 1978:

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (J & L) has appealed from a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee's award of benefits to its employe, Nicholas Birch (Claimant). The issue is whether the record supports the referee's finding of exposure to an occupational disease hazard after June 30, 1973. We hold that it does, and affirm.

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