Cable v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

541 Pa. 611 (1995)

664 A.2d 1349

Kenneth CABLE, Appellee

v.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (GULF OIL/CHEVRON USA, INC.), Appellant

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted August 3, 1995.

Decided September 22, 1995.

Douglas B. Marshall, for Gulf Oil.

Michael L. Murphy, for K. Cable.

Norman R. Haigh, for W.C.A.B.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This appeal involves the statutory construction of the limitations period for occupational disease under the workers' compensation law, specifically…