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HARRIGAN v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 2232 C.D. 1977.

40 Pa.Commw. 390 (1979)

Regis L. Harrigan, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and City of Johnstown, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.R. DiFrancesco, Sr., for petitioner.

Edward G. Kuyat, Jr., with him Kuyat & Walker and Sandra S. Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.

Submitted on briefs, September 29, 1978, to Judges MENCER, ROGERS and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, February 12, 1979:

Regis L. Harrigan (claimant) appeals the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the referee's dismissal of his claim petition.

Claimant was employed as a fireman by the City of Johnstown from November 15, 1951 to May 4, 1975. It is undisputed that he had been exposed to stress, exertion, and other hazards accompanying a firefighter's duties. While fighting a fire in the fall of 1974...

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