Dillon v. Philadelphia Fire Department

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

William H. Dillon, a former Philadelphia fireman, has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County reversing an award of benefits by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act, Act of June 21, 1939, P.L. 566, as amended, 77 P.S. §1201 et seq.

Section 108(o) of The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act, 77 P.S. §1208(o), provides benefits in the case of: “Diseases of the heart and lungs, resulting in either temporary or permanent total or partial disability or death, after four years or more of…