Karoly v. Jeddo-Highland Coal Co.

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Claimant Karoly was totally disabled by anthracosilicosis on October 26, 1946. There is no dispute about that fact, and he is not a party to this appeal. The only question here presented is: Who shall assume and pay his occupational disease compensation? That controversy is exclusively between Jeddo-Highland Coal Company, appellant, his employer, which until September 1, 1946, ivas a self-insurer of its own compensation risks, and State Workmen’s Insurance Fund, appellee, Avhich on that date became the employer’s insurance carrier. The Commonwealth, against whose…