KELLEY v. W.C.A.B. (WILKES-BARRE)


725 A.2d 232 (1999)

John KELLEY, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (CITY OF WILKES-BARRE), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt J. Kwak, West Pittston, for petitioner.

Donald T. Rogers, Wilkes-Barre, for respondent.

Before COLINS, President Judge, SMITH, J., and MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.


COLINS, President Judge.

John Kelley petitions for review of the order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that denied his claim petition filed under Section 108(o) of the Occupational Disease provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 27.1(o), alleging disability from chronic lung disease caused by twenty years of fire fighting. Kelley asserts here, as he did before...

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