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WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 1403 C.D. 1978.

41 Pa.Commw. 610 (1979)

Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Joseph Bencloski, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Jones, with him Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, for petitioner.

James N. Falcon, for respondents.

Argued March 9, 1979, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., April 11, 1979:

Petitioner (employer) appeals an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee's decision awarding total disability benefits to claimant pursuant to the occupational disease provisions of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act.1 We affirm.

The employer does not dispute the referee's finding that claimant was exposed to sand and silica dust during the course...

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