Fornwalt v. Avco Manufacturing Corp.

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Plaintiff alleging total disability from anthracosilicosis prosecuted his claim for workmen’s compensation under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, as amended, 77 PS §1201 et seq. The statutory requirements as to the period of claimant’s exposure to the hazard were satisfied and the Referee after hearing made an award. On defendant’s appeal, in which the Commonwealth in the interests of the Occupational Disease Fund joined, the Board, because of the controverted medical issues involved, referred the record to the then recently constituted…