Legal Opinion
Guess v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 1983No. Appeal, No. 279 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Williams, Jr.,
Sojourner Guess (Claimant) appeals from a Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court order which affirmed the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board’s (Board) decision sustaining the referee’s dismissal of Claimant’s claim petition for compensation for silicosis filed under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (Act).1
Claimant was employed by Link Belt/FMC, Inc. (Employer), as a sand molder for approximately thirty years. During the course of this employment Claimant was exposed daily to sand and silicon dioxide dust *321from which he developed silicosis.2 Upon being…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Rich Hill Coal Company v. BashoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Antonucci v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Price v. Lithonia Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Burns v. Public School Employees' Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Sedlacek v. A.O. Smith Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Lyons v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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