Cox v. American Asbestos Textile Corp.

SCIRICA, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which reversed the adjudication of the referee. The referee had issued an adjudication in which Rose Cox was awarded total and permanent disability from asbestosis contracted as a result of Mrs. Cox’s long-time exposure to asbestos hazards while employed in the asbestos industry from 1955 to 1967. The referee found compensation due under the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, as amended, 77 PS §1201, et seq.

Claimant testified that prior to 1955, she worked about one year for…