GUESS v. W. C. A. B. (LINK BELT/F.M.C. CORP.).

No. 279 C.D. 1981.

77 Pa.Commw. 319 (1983)

Sojourner Guess, Appellant v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Link Belt/F.M.C. Corp.), Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

October 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Jacobs, Galfand, Berger, Senesky, Lurie & March, for appellant.

Robert C. Geller, Jr., Deputy Chief Counsel, for Appellee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Lawrence L. Robinson, with him Joseph R. Thompson Law Offices, for appellee, Link Belt, F.M.C. Corporation.

Submitted on briefs April 4, 1983, to Judges ROGERS, WILLIAMS, JR. and BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILLIAMS, JR., October 21, 1983:

Sojourner Guess (Claimant) appeals from a Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court order which affirmed the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board's (Board) decision sustaining the referee's dismissal of Claimant's claim petition for compensation for silicosis filed under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (Act).1

Claimant was employed by Link Belt/FMC, Inc. (Employer), as a sand...

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