United States Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

United States Steel Corporation (USS) appeals here from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that awarded compensation to George Dupej (Dupej) under the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act)1 for partial disability from coal worker’s pneumoconiosis.

Dupej worked in USS’s underground coal mines for 37% years. His last day of employment was June 9, 1976 when he retired on disability because of rheumatoid arthritis. On April 28, 1978 Dupej filed a claim petition for compensation benefits under Section 108 (q) of the Act2 alleging that he had…