PAWLOSKY v. W.C.A.B.


514 Pa. 450 (1987)

525 A.2d 1204

Frank PAWLOSKY v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD and Latrobe Brewing Company. Appeal of LATROBE BREWING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy F. Walters, Jr., Joseph F. Grochmal, Fried, Kane, Walters & Zuschlag, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Vincent J. Quatrini, Jr., Greensburg, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA, and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by allowance from an order of the Commonwealth Court reversing the denial of workmen's compensation benefits to the appellee herein, Frank Pawlosky. The issue before us is whether a disability caused by the job-related aggravation of a pre-existent disease, not specifically designated as an "occupational disease" by section 108 of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act

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