1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 492 Pa.
  5. 492 Pa. 1 (1980)
 

REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. v. WORKMEN'S COMP.

492 Pa. 1 (1980)

421 A.2d 1060

REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Alex Shinsky. Appeal of Alex SHINSKY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 31, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin L. Costello, Pittsburgh, Kenneth J. Yablonski, Washington, for appellant.

Scott E. Becker, Linton L. Moyer, Thomson, Rhodes & Grigsby, William Jones, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court1, which reversed a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (hereinafter Board). The Board had affirmed a referee's decision awarding benefits to the appellant, Alex Shinsky, on the basis that he had been totally disabled by coal miner's pneumoconiosis.

Appellant worked as a coal miner for more than twenty-five...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases