BLAIRSVILLE T. CO. v. WORK. COMP. A. BD.

Nos. 945, 1410 and 1527 C.D. 1973.

15 Pa.Commw. 616 (1974)

Blairsville Transport Company and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Insurance Carrier, Appellants, v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Sarah McWilliams Steele, Mother of Richard Steele, Deceased, Appellees. Sarah McWilliams Steele, Appellant, v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Blairsville Transport Company and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Insurance Carrier, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, with him Will & Keisling, for Blairsville Transport Company and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company.

William H. Nast, Jr., for Sarah McWilliams Steele.

James N. Diefenderfer, for Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board.

Argued September 11, 1974, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR. and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, December 6, 1974:

For purposes of this appeal, it is not contested that the claimant-appellee's son, Richard Steele, was within the course of his employment with employer-appellant at the time he was killed in a truck collision. It is also admitted that at the time of his death, the average weekly wage of the decedent was $189.50 and the statewide average weekly wage for his job classification was $141.00.

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