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SOCHA v. W.C.A.B. (BELL ATLANTIC-PA)

783 A.2d 288 (2001)

Emil SOCHA v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (BELL ATLANTIC-PENNSYLVANIA, INC.) Appeal of Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Wieczorek, Thomas A. Shumaker, Richard B. Tucker, Pittsburgh, for appellant, Bell-Atlantic PA.

James A. Holzman, Harrisburg, Amber Marie Kenger, Mechanicsburg, David Hawkins, Pittsburgh, for appellee, W.C.A.B.

Daniel K. Bricmont, Pittsburgh, for appellee, Emil Socha.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

SAYLOR, Justice.

We allowed appeal in this matter to consider the timeliness of a notice to an employer of a work-related partial hearing loss under Section 311 of the Workers' Compensation Act.

Emil Socha ("Claimant") has been employed by Bell Atlantic Pennsylvania, Inc. ("Employer") since 1968, when he worked as a switchman at Employer's facility in downtown...

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