Bambrick v. Asten Hill Mfg. Co.

Dissenting Opinion by

Judge Kramer:

I respectfully but vigorously dissent.

The decisional law of this Commonwealth requires that courts liberally construe the Occupational Disease *672Act (Act), Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, as amended, 77 P.S. 1201, et seq., in favor of the employee so as to effectuate the remedial and humanitarian purposes of the Act. See Habovick v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., 207 Pa. Superior Ct. 80, 215 A. 2d 389 (1965); Butler v. U. S. Steel Corp., 205 Pa. Superior Ct. 508, 211 A. 2d 35 (1965); DeMascola v. City of Lancaster, 200 Pa. Superior Ct. 365, 189 A. 2d 333 (1963).

This…