McManus v. Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co.

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company (appellant) appeals to this Court from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the referee’s award of total disability benefits to Richard C. McManus. He claimed such benefits because of an occupational disease allegedly compensable under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensapensation Act1 (Act).

McManus, a coal miner employed by the appellant for approximately thirty-six years, filed his claim pe,tition on July 15, 1974, alleging that he was totally disabled as a result of coal worker’s,…