HARBISON-WALKER ET AL. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 520 C.D. 1978.

40 Pa.Commw. 556 (1979)

Harbison-Walker and Continental Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier, Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Russell Varner, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Samuel R. DiFrancesco, Sr., for respondents.

Argued November 3, 1978, before Judges MENCER, DiSALLE and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, February 23, 1979:

Harbison-Walker (Harbison) and its insurance carrier, Continental Insurance Company, have appealed an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) granting temporary, total disability benefits to Russell Varner because of silicosis, pursuant to the occupational-disease provisions of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act (Workmen's Compensation Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P...

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