Pennsylvania Glass-Sand Corp. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The lone issue presented by this appeal is whether the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) improperly granted the Commonwealth’s petition for a rehearing under Section 426 of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act1 (Compensation Act).

Claimant, a refractory worker, had filed a claim petition for compensation for total disability from sili*379cosis. The Commonwealth and employer answered denying existence of a compensable disease under either the Compensation Act or the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act.2

The referee found that claimant’s current total…