Montgomery v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a referee ’s decision in which the claim petition filed by petitioner (claimant) was denied but an order of suspension of compensation was entered along with reasonable costs of prosecution to claimant. We affirm.

Claimant’s exposure, over the course of more than 20 years, to a silica hazard while working in employer’s steel furnaces as a bricklayer’s helper and ladel liner is undisputed. At no time was claimant informed by a physician that he suffered any disability as a…