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McMANUS ET AL. v. ROCHESTER & PGH. C. CO. ET AL.

No. 319 C.D. 1976.

29 Pa.Commw. 91 (1977)

Richard C. McManus and Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company, Old Republic Companies and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company and Old Republic Companies, Appellants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Thompson, with him Michael D. McDowell, and Hirsch, Weise & Tillman, for appellants.

Eugene A. Creany, with him James N. Diefenderfer, for appellees.

Argued October 25, 1976, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., ROGERS and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, February 17, 1977:

The Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company (appellant) appeals to this Court from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the referee's award of total disability benefits to Richard C. McManus. He claimed such benefits because of an occupational disease allegedly compensable under The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act1 (Act).

McManus, a coal miner...

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