Legal Opinion
Fruehauf Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 28, 1977No. Appeal, No. 1340 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Menoer,
Fruehauf Corporation (Fruehauf) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s award of benefits to Howard W. Cornell. Benefits were awarded for permanent and total disability resulting from an occupational disease as defined in Section 108 (n) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act1 (Compensation Act).
Cornell, who prior to 1961 had been employed as a coal miner for many years, worked for Fruehauf from July 1961 to July 1974 as an arc welder. In the performance of his duties as a welder, Cornell utilized *343electr…
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