Bethlehem Mines Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Bethlehem Mines Corporation (Employer) appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) awarding workmen’s compensation benefits to Michael Vinansky (Claimant)1 on the basis that he was totally and permanently disabled by coal worker’s pneumoconiosis (CWP).

Claimant was employed by various coal companies underground from 1928 to the date of his last employment on February 5, 1974. He filed his claim for workmen’s compensation benefits under Section 108 (q) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as…