Milavech v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

On this appeal from a judgment entered on an award under the Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, 77 P.S. sec. 1201 et seq. the defendant-employer and its insurance carrier raise the single question whether the claimant, Andrew Milavech, was exposed to the silica hazard for the requisite minimum time as provided in section 301(d) of the Act, 77 P.S. sec. 1401(d).

The referee and Board, sustained by the lower court, found these facts which are undisputed and not attacked by appellants here: Claimant was first employed by the defendant in 1914 when he began…