Collieries v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Greenwich Collieries (Greenwich) and its insurance carrier, Old Republic Insurance Company, have appealed an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), granting partial disability benefits to Moss C. Peel (claimant) because of coal worker’s pneumoconiosis, pursuant to the occupational disease provisions of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Workmen’s Compensation Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §1 et seq. We affirm.

Claimant had been employed by various companies as a coal miner since 1926, having worked for Greenwich…