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DUQUESNE LIGHT CO. v. W.C.A.B. ET AL.

No. 337 C.D. 1979.

53 Pa.Commw. 92 (1980)

Duquesne Light Company, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Edward Kraft, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

July 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Lee, attorney for petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.

Argued May 5, 1980, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., CRAIG and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, July 17, 1980:

Duquesne Light Company has appealed from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the referee's decision to award Edward Kraft (Claimant) workmen's compensation benefits for total disability due to coal miner's pneumoconiosis.

The 64 year-old Claimant was last employed in the bituminous coal mining industry in Pennsylvania by the Duquesne Light Company (Employer), from November 20, 1939...

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