Richard Greene Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This is an appeal by the Richard Greene Coal Co., employer, of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed the referee’s denial of benefits to claimant Florence Shirey. Mrs. Shirey had filed for fetal claim benefits alleging that her husband died of anthraco-silicosis, a form of pneumoconiosis resulting from prolonged exposure to the dust of anthracite or bituminous coal and a compensable occupational disease under Section 301(c)(2) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §411(2).

Florence Shirey…