COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY v. W.C.A.B. (JERNSTROM)


848 A.2d 165 (2004)

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY (DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION), Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD OF APPEAL (JERNSTROM), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley R. Andreen, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Darren K. Parr, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and KELLEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

The County of Allegheny, Department of Aviation (Employer) appeals from the adjudication of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) granting the claim petition of Robert Jernstrom (Claimant). In doing so, the Board affirmed the decision of the Worker's Compensation Judge (WCJ) that Claimant met his burden of proving that his injury of asbestosis was compensable because he had been employed in an occupation having an asbestos hazard...

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