Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Beltrami Enterprises, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

The narrow but difficult question raised by this appeal is whether the apportionment of payments between the Commonwealth and an employer under Section 305.1 of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act)1 for the claim of a widow, whose husband was adjudged to have become totally disabled from anthracosilicosis and to have died as a result therefrom, is determined by the date of disability or the date of death. The Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) held the date of death determined. We reverse.

*136The facts are not in dispute. Decedent was employed by…