National Mines Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

National Mines Corporation (employer) and its insurer Old Republic Companies, as petitioners, appeal from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (board) which affirmed the referee’s determination of total disability of Thomas Hardobey (claimant) due to anthracosilicosis resulting from his employment by National.

Claimant filed for occupational disease benefits on April 26, 1976, alleging that on April 5, 1976, he became totally disabled from coal worker’s pneumoconiosis stemming from work for the employer. After a hearing on January 17, 1977, at which…