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YANISH v. W.C.A.B. (BETH. MINES CORP.)

No. 424 C.D. 1983.

96 Pa.Commw. 545 (1986)

507 A.2d 1302

Steve Yanish, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Bethlehem Mines Corp.), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Chaban, Yablonski, King, Costello & Leckie, for petitioner.

William F. Henkel, Ceisler/Richman Law Firm, for respondent, Bethlehem Mines Corporation.

Argued March 11, 1986, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR., Judges ROGERS and COLINS, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE COLINS, April 23, 1986:

Steve Yanish (petitioner) appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a referee's decision to award disability benefits. The referee found that petitioner had become permanently disabled as a result of coal worker's pneumoconiosis to the extent that he could no longer work as a motorman in the coal mine because of his total and cumulative exposure to coal dust during forty...

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