Claim of Valenti v. Penn Plax Plastics

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 14, 2003, which ruled that claimant’s exposure to asbestos occurred prior to July 1, 1974 and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant was exposed to asbestos while working for his *720employer from 1965 to 1972 and, thereafter, was diagnosed as suffering from asbestosis and asbestos-related pleural disease. Claimant also was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1994. As a result of these conditions, claimant applied for workers’ compensation benefits in 1995. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge thereafter denied…