Legal Opinion
Hurtuk v. H. C. Frick Coke Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 16, 1945No. Appeal, 124PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Dithrich, J.,
Claimant filed his petition under the Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, 77 PS §1201 et seq. for compensation for total disability as a result of miner’s asthma. The referee found that he was not subject to a silica hazard over his period of employment With the defendant; that he was not totally disabled within the purview of the act, and disallowed compensation. Both the board and the court of common pleas affirmed; hence this appeal.
Claimant has been a coal miner all his life in the soft coal mines of Western Pennsylvania. He started to work for the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Consona v. R. E. Coulborn & Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Earley v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Babcock v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Ewing v. Alan Wood Steel Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Hughes v. H. Kellogg and SonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bingaman v. Baldwin Locomotive Works, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Chilcote v. LeidySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Webster v. Grove City CollegeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Hosterman v. BestSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Petrone v. Moffat Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
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