Crucible Steel, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Crucible Steel, Inc. (employer) appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s award of benefits to Dorothy Tepsic (claimant) widow of Raymond Tepsic (decedent).

The decedent was employed in the bricklaying department of the employer for approximately forty years. On August 9, 1976, he filed his claim for benefits pursuant to the occupational disease provisions of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act.1 After hearing the testimony of the decedent and con*120sidering the depositions of the medical witnesses (one for…