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JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CO. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 2168 C.D. 1977.

38 Pa.Commw. 466 (1978)

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Michael Buljat and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, with him Will & Keisling, for petitioner.

C. Jerome Moschetta, with him Sandra S. Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, and James N. Diefenderfer, for respondents.

Argued September 29, 1978, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., DiSALLE and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., November 14, 1978:

Petitioner-employer (employer) has appealed an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the decision by a referee awarding benefits to respondent-claimant (claimant) for full disability due to anthracosilicosis. We affirm.

Claimant worked continuously in soft-coal mines for approximately 32 years before his last day of work on July 3, 1973. During his last 4 or 5 years in the mines...

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