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

Opinion bt

Judge Rogers,

Consolidation Coal Company (employer) here appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, entered November 27, 1981, and fixing partial liability on the employer for the permanent and total disability of Mr. Roy Barr. It is not now disputed that Mr. Barr labored for some thirty-five years in the coal mining operations of various employers including, most recently, those of Consolidation Coal; that Mr. Barr was exposed during the whole of this period to the occupational hazard of airborne silica dust; and'that Mr. B:arr is now totally and permanently…