Bingaman v. Baldwin Locomotive Works, Inc.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

The question for determination on this appeal has been stipulated as follows: Did Dallas M. Bingaman’s employment with defendant satisfy the statutory requirement of “an aggregate employment of at least four years in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, during a period of eight years next preceding the date of disability, in an occupation having a silica or asbestos hazard”?

Dallas M. Bingaman filed a claim petition on September 9, 1940, and set forth therein that he became totally disabled on December 8, 1939, as a result of silicosis while in the course of his employment…