Miller v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Morris E. Miller brings this appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee’s denial of his claim for benefits under the occupational disease provisions of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. 1 et seq. Specifically, the claimant filed a claim petition on April 4,1978 alleging that he had, on August 25, 1975, become totally disabled as the result of silicosis sustained during his eighteen week tenure as a dragline operator for Warren Hess, Inc. Three hearings were held at…