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GILBERT COAL CO. v. W.C.A.B. (GILFERT)

No. 950 C.D. 1982.

77 Pa.Commw. 196 (1983)

Gilberton Coal Company, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Jule Gilfert, Widow of Charles H. Gilfert, Deceased), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Pocius, Lenahan & Dempsey, for petitioner.

Robert J. Gillespie, Sr., Bigelow, Gillespie and Cooper, for respondents.

Argued April 7, 1983, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges WILLIAMS, JR. and BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., September 15, 1983:

Gilberton Coal Company appeals a Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board order affirming a referee's decision awarding the claimant-widow, Jule Gilfert, and her daughter death benefits.

Gilfert's husband, Charles, a former miner for Gilberton, died from a ruptured colon. Gilfert filed a fatal claim petition alleging that death was the result of an occupational disease, anthracosilicosis, which had totally...

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