Skilone v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Joseph John Skilone (claimant) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed the referee’s denial of benefits sought under Section 301 (i) of The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (Act).1

Claimant filed a claim petition on May 12, 1980, under Section 301 (i) of the Act, asserting that he suffered from totally disabling silicosis resulting from forty-nine years of glass manufacturing employment. After a hearing, the referee denied the claim upon concluding that claimant failed to prove total and permanent disability due to…