Metzgar v. General Refractories

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,. The Bureau, of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) appeals from an order , of the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County which imposed one-hundred percent liability on the Commonwealth for Paul J. Metzgar’s (Claimant)' work-related occupational disease.

Claimant worked for t\yenty-six years for General Refractories (General). After leaving General on January 6, 1970, Claimant worked as the manager of a camper business which he owned jointly with his son. Claimant also worked between 1973 and 1979 in a ceramics business he owned with his wife.

On May 10, 1979, Claimant filed for…