ELKO v. WORK. COMP. APPEAL BOARD ET AL.

No. 1795 C.D. 1976.

33 Pa.Commw. 105 (1977)

Dorothy Elko, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Atlantic Richfield Company, Inc. and/or Continental Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Briglia, for petitioner.

Roger B. Wood, with him David L. Pennington; Harvey, Pennington, Herting & Renneisen, Ltd., and James N. Diefenderfer, for respondents.

Argued September 16, 1977, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR. and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., December 21, 1977:

Dorothy Elko (Claimant) appeals a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed an award of benefits made by the referee pursuant to a fatal claim petition.

Claimant's husband, Paul Elko (Decedent), was last employed by the Atlantic-Richfield Company (Employer) as a "general job mechanic."1 The transition of events as they occurred on October 16, 1970...

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