Hogg v. Kehoe-Berge Coal Co.

Opinion bv

Reno, J.,

Tbe Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, §301 (g), as amended, 77 P.S. §1401, provides: “The employer liable for the compensation provided by this article shall be the employer in whose employment the employe was last exposed to the hazard of the occupational disease claimed, regardless of the length of time of such last exposure: Provided, That when a claimant alleges that disability or death was due to silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, asbestosis or any other occupational disease which developed to the point of disablement only after an exposure…