Stauffer v. Hubley Manufacturing Co.

Opinion by

Kenworthey, J.,

This is a claim for workmen’s compensation, (1) for total disability, and (2) for death, alleged to have been caused by silicosis, filed under the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566. The provisions of this Act differ from those of the prior Act of July 2, 1937, P. L. 2714 — which it repealed — as respects, inter alia, disability or death caused by silicosis, anthraco-silicosis or asbestosis.

The Act of 1937 provided in section 4(b) : “Compensation shall not be payable for partial disability due to silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, or…