Crandall v. Downington Iron Works

Opinion by

Weight, J.,

George 8. Crandall filed a claim petition under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act,1 alleging total disability on October 16, 1952, as the result of silicosis. Crandall died on July 13, 1954, and his widow thereafter filed a claim petition alleging that her husband’s death was the result of silicosis. The petitions were consolidated for hearing before the Referee, who found that Crandall’s disability and subsequent death resulted from silicosis “contracted while in the course of his employment with the defendant after an exposure of more than 5 years to a silica…