CZANKNER v. SKY TOP LODGE, INC. ET AL.

No. 253 C.D. 1973.

13 Pa.Commw. 220 (1973)

Helen Czankner, Widow of Andrew Czankner, Deceased, Appellant, v. Sky Top Lodge, Inc. and American Mutual Insurance Co., Insurance Carrier, and Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry P. O'Neill, Jr., with him Epstein, O'Neill & Utan, for appellant.

George E. Clark, Jr., with him Cody H. Brooks, for appellees.

Argued June 7, 1973, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three. Reargued February 5, 1974, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS and BLATT. Judge CRUMLISH, JR. did not participate.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, August 16, 1973:

This is a workmen's compensation case, in which the sole issue is whether or not there was sufficient medical testimony presented by the claimant to establish a causal connection between an alleged accident and the subsequent death of Andrew Czankner (decedent).

The decedent was employed by Sky Top Lodge, Inc. (employer), on November 1, 1967, when, as the workmen's compensation referee found, "the decedent was helping...

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