Republic Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

This appeal of Republic Steel Corporation, employer, from the award of workmen’s compensation benefits by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (board) to claimant Zacek for total disability resulting from coalworker’s pneumoconiosis, is again before this court after we earlier remanded it for additional findings of fact. Zacek v. Republic Steel Corp., 25 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 199, 359 A.2d 842 (1976).

The only issue before us now, as in Zaceh, supra, is whether the claimant was timely in giving the 120-day notice to the employer required by Section 311 of The…