Reichert v. Pa. R.R. Co. (Et Al.)

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This appeal is by the Commonwealth from a judgment entered against it upon an award under the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of 1939, P. L. 566. The case reveals some unusual circumstances and presents some close and interesting legal questions.

The occupational disease involved is lead poisoning— section 108(a).

The Act of 1939, as well as its predecessor of July 2, 1937, P. L. 2714, makes a clear distinction between disability resulting from occupational diseases which developed to the point of disablement only after an exposure of five or more years, and those…