FURNCO C. CORP. v. W.C.A.B. (DOROGY)

No. 233 C.D. 1988.

124 Pa.Commw. 17 (1989)

555 A.2d 275

Furnco Construction Corporation and Travelers Insurance Company, Petitioners v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Dorogy), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Grzywinski, Faderewski & Herrington, for petitioners.

John W. McTiernan, Caroselli, Spagnolli & Beachler, for respondent.

Submitted on briefs October 25, 1988, to Judges BARRY and SMITH, and Senior Judge NARICK, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE NARICK, March 2, 1989:

Furnco Construction Company (Employer) appeals an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee's decision that William E. Dorogy (Claimant) was totally disabled due to asbestosis and silicosis contracted during the course of his employment. We affirm.

Claimant was first employed as a salaried foreman by Employer in 1962. The contract for hire was made in Monessen, Pennsylvania...

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