Legal Opinion
Fargo v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 11, 2016No. 2239 C.D. 2015PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
SENIOR JUDGE COLINS
Albert Fargo (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the decision and order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ), denying a claim petition filed by Claimant seeking benefits under Section 108(r) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), 1 relating to the occupational disease of cancer suffered by a firefighter caused by exposure to a known carcinogen recognized as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The WCJ denied the claim petition on the basis that the…
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