Legal Opinion

Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 29, 1976No. Appeal, No. 1404 C.D. 1975PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The facts of this case are not materially different from those in Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board v. Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company, 23 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 441, A.2d (1976), where we held that the date on which total disability was found by a referee to have occurred, (and neither the last day of employment nor the date of last exposure to the hazards of an occupational disease), is the date with reference to which the allocation of liability between the Commonwealth and the employer must be made under Section 305.1 of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pekorofsky v. Glen Alden Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Garden Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Novak v. Mathies Coal Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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