Peron v. Phoenix Park Coal Co.

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

This is a case arising under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act. Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, 77 P.S. 1201 et seq. We are here concerned with an appeal by claimant from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, affirming a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board wherein the claim petition was dismissed.

On February 1, 1960, Mike Perón filed a claim petition alleging that he became totally disabled as a result of anthraco-silicosis on October 5, 1959, and that his last exposure to a silica hazard was in June 1954, while employed by the…