Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge DiSalue,

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (Employer) appeals to this Court from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the referee’s award of total disability benefits to Adolph Namolik, Jr. (Claimant).

Claimant filed a claim petition on January 6, 1975. The referee held a hearing on the petition on May 14, 1975, and subsequently awarded benefits to Claimant for total disability caused by coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. Despite the referee’s finding that Claimant became permanently and totally disabled on November 22, 1974, he ordered the…