Brasacchio v. Pennsylvania Highway Department

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

Thomas J. Brasacchio seeks compensation under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, 77 P.S. 1201 et seq. On July 2, 1964, he filed a claim petition alleging that he became totally disabled from silicosis on June 15, 1964, as a result of employment since 1921 in occupations having a silica *214hazard. The Referee made an award payable entirely by the Commonwealth. The Workmen’s Compensation Board sustained the Commonwealth’s appeal, and entered an order of disallowance. The Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County affirmed the decision of the…