Commonwealth v. Merrill’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “two distinct causes of a claimant’s total disability, i.e., where either cause alone would be totally disabling, the presence of a cause for which the employer may not be liable does not relieve the employer of liability for the other cause, (citations omitted) . . . [Ajlthough the claimant’s leg amputations may have constituted a total disability, this would not preclude a later award of total disability based upon an occupational disease, which itself would also be totally disabling. (Footnote omitted.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Foseco, Inc. v. Commonwealth

2. “We believe, therefore, that although the claimant’s leg amputations may have constituted a total disability, this would not preclude a later award of total disability based upon an occupational disease, which itself would also be totally disabling. (Footnote omitted.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jandy Coal Co. v. Commonwealth