JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP. v. W. C. A. B.

No. 975 C.D. 1977.

41 Pa.Commw. 223 (1979)

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

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Benjamin L. Costello and Sandra Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, with them Thomas L. Holzman, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.

Argued October 30, 1978, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., MENCER and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, March 13, 1979:

This is an appeal by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (employer), a self-insured, from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee's decision awarding benefits to Clarence J. Speelman (claimant) and apportioning payment of benefits equally between employer and the Commonwealth.

Claimant was an underground coal miner from 1928 through July 8, 1973.1

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