Duquesne Light Co. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Duquesne Light Company has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the referee’s decision to award Edward Kraft (Claimant) workmen’s compensation benefits for total disability due to coal miner’s pneumoconiosis.

The 64 year-old Claimant was last employed in the bituminous coal mining industry in Pennsylvania by the Duquesne Light Company (Employer), from November 20, 1939, until January 2, 1976. On February 6, 1976, Claimant was examined at the Centerville Clinic, Fredericktown, by Dr. David White, who found that Claimant…