Mathies Coal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Colins,

This is an appeal by Mathies Coal Company (petitioner) from an order of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s determination that Leo Bellicini (claimant) was disabled due to coal worker’s pneumoconiosis and, thus, entitled to disability benefits.

*334Claimant worked in the coal mines from 1938 until his retirement in 1982, spending his last thirty-one (31) years in the employ of petitioner. Claimant retired from his job as a bratticeman in the mines on January 4, 1982, claiming that he was unable to work due to shortness of breath…