MONTGOMERY v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 1080 C.D. 1978.

42 Pa.Commw. 143 (1979)

Ernest Montgomery, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Colt Industries, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin H. Beachler, with him William R. Caroselli, and McArdle, Caroselli, Spagnolli & Beachler, for petitioner.

Joseph A. Fricker, Jr., for respondents.

Argued March 8, 1979, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and DiSALLE, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., April 20, 1979:

This is an appeal from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a referee's decision in which the claim petition filed by petitioner (claimant) was denied but an order of suspension of compensation was entered along with reasonable costs of prosecution to claimant. We affirm.

Claimant's exposure, over the course of more than 20 years, to a silica hazard while working in employer...

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