GATEWAY COAL CO. v. W.C.A.B. (LABODA)


138 Pa.Commw. 332 (1991)

588 A.2d 73

GATEWAY COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (LABODA), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 5, 1991.

Reargument Denied April 17, 1991. Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied September 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, Will, Keisling, Ganassi & McCloskey, Carnegie, for petitioner.

Amiel B. Caramanna, Jr., with him, Alexander J. Pentecost, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Before McGINLEY and KELLEY, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

Gateway Coal Company (employer) petitions for review of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision of the referee to grant benefits to Frank Laboda (claimant).

Claimant filed an occupational disease claim against his former employer alleging he was disabled as a result of coalworkers pneumoconiosis as of November 25, 1985. Hearings were held before the referee who found that claimant had pneumoconiosis...

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