SPLIT VEIN C.C. v. W.C.A.B. (ERDMAN)

No. 1366 C.D. 1988.

124 Pa.Commw. 642 (1989)

556 A.2d 958

Split Vein Coal Company, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Erdman), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan P. Schoen, Lenahan & Dempsey, P.C., for petitioner.

Lester Krasno, Law Offices of Lester Krasno, for respondent, Charles M. Erdman.

Submitted on briefs November 9, 1988, to President Judge CRUMLISH, JR., Judge COLINS, and Senior Judge BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, April 6, 1989:

Split Vein Coal Company (petitioner) petitions for our review of the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee's award of benefits to Charles M. Erdman (claimant). We will affirm.

The claimant worked for over 30 years in the coal-mining industry, and he last worked for the petitioner. Although the details are sketchy, it appears that in August of 1980, the claimant applied for federal...

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