Legal Opinion
Atlas Electrical Industries v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 9, 1983No. Appeal, No. 2986 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Craig,
Atlas Electrical Industries appeals from a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board order affirming a referee’s award of benefits to Joseph Yontos under those sections of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act governing the occupational disease of silicosis.1 We affirm.
As found by the referee, Atlas employed Mr. Yontos as a foundry worker in three of its plants from 1960 until March 4, 1976, exposing him to silica dust from molds, silica sand and the grinding of castings. Prom 1946 to 1960, the Hudson Coal Company had employed Mr. Yontos as a coal miner.
The referee found…
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