United States Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Rudolph Atz, a 66 year old veteran coal miner, lately employed in the mines of H. S. Steel Corporation, was awarded Workmen’s Compensation benefits by a referee and the Appeal Board for total disability due to pneumoconiosis, an occupational disease compensable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.1 It is undisputed that the claimant has, by long exposure to coal dust, contracted this form of “black lung” disease. The only issue raised for our review is whether the referee’s factual finding number six: “that on ■September 2, 1977, the claimant became totally and…