KOPPERS CO., INC. v. W.C.A.B. (BOYLE ET AL.)

No. 3434 C.D. 1986.

113 Pa.Commw. 161 (1988)

536 A.2d 509

Koppers Company, Inc., and Travelers Insurance Company, Petitioners v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Boyle et al.), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. DiSalle, Herrington and Grater, for petitioners.

John W. McTiernan, with him, William R. Caroselli, Caroselli, Spagnolli & Beachler, for William W. Boyle, respondent.

Eugene F. Scanlon, Jr., Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., for Chiz Brothers, Inc., respondent.

Francis E. Pipak, Jr., with him, J. Gregory Giannuzzi, for KTG Glassworks Technology, Inc., respondent.

Joseph F. Grochmal, Fried, Kane, Walters & Zuschlag, for Furnco Construction Co., respondent.

Argued October 6, 1987, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR., and Judge COLINS, and Senior Judge BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE BARBIERI, January 28, 1988:

Koppers Company, Inc., and its insurer, Travelers Insurance Company, seek review by this Court of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed a referee's decision awarding benefits for disability from silicosis designating Koppers as the solely responsible employer under the terms of Sections 108(k) and 301(c)(2) of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act (Act), 77 P.S. §§27.1...

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