(NEW) JEDDO HIGHLAND COAL CO. v. W. C. A. B.

No. 2269 C.D. 1978.

49 Pa.Commw. 493 (1980)

(New) Jeddo Highland Coal Company, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and John H. Hovanietz, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Mascelli, of Lenahan, Dempsey, Murphy & Piazza, for petitioner.

Robert J. Gillespie, Sr., for respondents.

Argued February 4, 1980, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR. and MENCER, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., February 28, 1980:

This is an appeal by petitioner (employer) from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board affirming an award for total disability due to anthracosilicosis to respondent (claimant). We affirm.

Claimant, who started working in the anthracite coal fields in 1938, last worked in that industry on March 31, 1977. After approximately seventeen years underground, the remainder of claimant's work consisted...

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