SCRANTON GARMENT CO. v. WORK. C. A. BD. ET AL.

No. 1661 C.D. 1976.

33 Pa.Commw. 190 (1977)

Scranton Garment Company, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Anthony Crapella, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lenahan, Jr., with him John R. Lenahan, Sr., and Lenahan, Dempsey & Murphy, for petitioner.

Gene E. Goldenziel, with him John J. Scott, and James N. Diefenderfer, for respondents.

Argued October 7, 1977, before Judges ROGERS and BLATT, sitting as a panel of two.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, December 28, 1977:

The Scranton Garment Co. (employer) appeals here from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee's decision awarding compensation for total disability to Anthony Crapella (claimant) because of an occupational disease.

The claimant worked for the employer for a period of thirty-six years as a presser. In the course of his duties, he worked with various types of cloth and material...

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