Alan Wood Steel Co. v. Carbo

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Alan Wood Steel Company (Alan Wood) has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County affirming an adjudication of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) award ing benefits to Assunta Carbo (claimant) pursuant to The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act. 1

The claimant had filed a fatal claim petition with the Board in 1959 alleging that she was married to Gaetano Carbo and that he had died as a result of silicosis developed from his employment in an occupation where a silica hazard was present. After numerous continuances,…