Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (J & L), the employer has appealed the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board’s affirmance of a referee’s decision *426awarding compensation to a widow. The referee found that the decedent, Eddie Lee West, employed by J & L from May 1957 to September 1974, died as a result of an occupational disease1 caused by exposure to hazardous substances during the course of that employment. The referee awarded compensation to respondent, the widow, beginning February 27, 1975, decedent’s date of death, with interest on deferred payments of compensation…