Palovich v. B & B Coal Co.

MOSER, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board under the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, as amended, 77 PS §1201, et seq., affirming the workmen’s compensation referee in awarding benefits to the claimant.

The claimant, Joseph Palovich, worked in the coal mining industry in this Commonwealth for approximately 19 years, all but two years of which was employment inside a coal mine as a miner and laborer. He was employed by B & B Coal Company from 1962 to 1971, and by the Susquehanna Coal Company from 1950 to 1956.

The claimant…