Price v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. Appellant, John Price, appeals from a decision of the Commonwealth Court affirming the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which, in turn, affirmed a referee’s decision denying benefits to Mr. Price on the grounds that his claim was barred by the statute of limitations.

We accepted allocatur in this case in order to clarify the law on two issues: when does the statute of limitations begin to run on a claim for total disability under the occupational disease provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1 and when is…