LAMANNA v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 1604 C.D. 1980.

62 Pa.Commw. 535 (1981)

Michael A. Lamanna, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Canterbury Coal Company, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Owen, Nickleach and Owen, for petitioner.

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

Argued October 5, 1981, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges ROGERS and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, November 23, 1981:

Michael Lamanna, claimant, has appealed the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board's affirmance of a referee's decision dismissing his claim petition.1 Claimant's petition alleged total disability as a result of coal worker's pneumoconiosis.

Claimant's uncontradicted testimony was that he had been employed by respondent Canterbury Coal Company (Canterbury) from 1961 through 1978, and that...

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