Consolidation Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Consolidation Coal Company (petitioner) has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee’s award of benefits to Thomas A. Cushey (respondent), a claimant whom the referee found to be totally disabled due to coal worker’s pneumoconiosis.

The respondent worked in the coal mining industry for twenty-five years. During the last ten years of his employment, he worked underground as a roofbolter. He retired in 1980, when the mine shut down. In 1982, the respondent filed a claim alleging pneumoconiosis due to exposure to dust and glue…