NATIONAL MINES CORP. ET AL. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 2046 C.D. 1978.

50 Pa.Commw. 64 (1980)

National Mines Corporation and Old Republic Companies, Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Theodore H. Hardobey and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Sutter, with him, George H. Thompson, of Hirsch, Weise & Tillman, for petitioners.

Sandra Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, with her, Larry A. Makel, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.

Argued December 3, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., BLATT and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, March 11, 1980:

National Mines Corporation (employer) and its insurer Old Republic Companies, as petitioners, appeal from the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (board) which affirmed the referee's determination of total disability of Thomas Hardobey (claimant) due to anthracosilicosis resulting from his employment by National.

Claimant filed for occupational disease benefits on April 26, 1976, alleging that on April...

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