Querry v. Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal by Evelyn R. Querry, widow of Milton H. Querry (decedent), from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County, dated August 6, 1975, which affirmed a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board decision denying Querry’s claim for benefits under the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act.1 We conclude that both the Board and lower court erred as a matter of law, and remand to the Board for a proper determination.

The decedent had been employed for many years by the Pennsylvania Glass and Sand Corporation (PGSC), a manufacturer of silica sand.2 The…