Celotex Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Celotex Corporation and Aetna Life and Casualty Company appeal a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board order affirming a referee’s benefits award to John W. Parker.1 We affirm.

Parker was a Celotex employee for approximately thirty-one years.2 During the last two years of his employment, until August 19, 1977, he lubricated heavy machinery. After leaving Celotex, Parker filed a claim petition for total disability from lung cancer as the result of his exposure to ash estos during his employment.

After hearings, a referee found that Parker was totally…