Legal Opinion
Unora v. Glen Alden Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 25, 1954No. Appeals, 312 and 313PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno,
The claimants for workmen’s compensation in the three cases involved in this appeal from the Superior Court are coal miners afflicted with anthraco-silicosis, a malady listed in The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act * as compensable provided the disease totally disables the worker.
The .Referees hearing the cases (individually) of the claimants Casper TJnora, John Kalena and Frank Drozd, found, after taking the testimony of expert impartial physicians appointed by the Workmen’s Compensation Board, that the claimants were totally disabled. The Glen Alden Coal…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. SpauldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Flucker v. Carnegie Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
- Goodhart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Gurski v. Susquehanna Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- Woodward v. Pittsburgh Engineering & Construction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
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3Cited by102 opinions
- Kachinski v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Barrett v. Otis Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Republic Steel Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Dillon v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Farquhar v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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