O'DONNELL v. SCRANTON FIRE DEPT.

No. 448 C.D. 1975.

22 Pa.Commw. 411 (1975)

Olga O'Donnell, Widow of Paul O'Donnell, Deceased v. City of Scranton, Department of Fire, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Murphy, with him John R. Lenahan, and Anthony J. Piazza, for appellant.

Sandra S. Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, for Commonwealth.

Harry R. Van Deusen, Jr., with him Van Deusen & Van Deusen, for appellee, Olga O'Donnell.

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

Argued October 10, 1975, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER and WILKINSON, JR., sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE KRAMER, December 19, 1975:

This is an appeal by the City of Scranton from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County which affirmed an award of compensation to Olga O'Donnell, widow of Captain Paul O'Donnell (decedent) of the Scranton Fire Department, but remanded the case to the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board for a determination on the issue of the decedent's exposure...

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