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ROCH. & PGH. COAL CO. ET AL. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 1026 C.D. 1977.

38 Pa.Commw. 315 (1978)

Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company and Old Republic Companies, Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and James D. Norris, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

October 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Thompson, with him Paul E. Sutter, and Hirsch, Weise & Tillman, for petitioners.

Sandra S. Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, and David J. Tulowitzki, with them Blair V. Pawlowski and James N. Diefenderfer, for respondents.

Argued September 14, 1978, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., ROGERS and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, October 27, 1978:

The Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company and its insurer, Old Republic Companies have appealed a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee's decision that James D. Norris was entitled to compensation as a worker totally disabled by coal worker's pneumoconiosis.

Mr. Norris worked as a miner for various employers for 47 years. In January 1974, on the advice of his family physician...

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