Berry v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

In this workmen’s compensation appeal the question presented is whether a physician’s testimony that granulomatous liver disease occurs “much more commonly” in the rubber industry than in the general population satisfies the statutory requirement that the disease incidence be “substantially greater in that industry or occupation than in the general population.” Section 108(n)(3) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act).1

*97For twenty-two years Engene Berry (claimant) mixed large batches of chemicals necessary to the manufacture of rubber products by…