B.P. Oil Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

LORD, Senior Judge.

B.P. Oil Corporation appeals from a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board order that modified a referee’s award of benefits, under Section 301(c)(2) of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act),1 to Joseph F. Maher, claimant. Maher cross-appeals, contesting the effective date of disability.2

This case has been before the Court previously.3 The relevant facts found by the referee that are not in dispute are that the claimant worked as an insulator at the Marcus Hook Refinery from 1940 to September 30, 1978, when he retired, and, in the course of his employment, he was…