HEFFER v. GAF CORPORATION ET AL.

No. 679 C.D. 1976.

29 Pa.Commw. 365 (1977)

Catherine Heffer, w/o Harold B., Appellant v. GAF Corporation and Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor F. Cavacini, for appellant.

Joseph E. Gallagher, with him, of counsel, O'Malley, Bour & Gallagher; and James N. Diefenderfer, for appellees.

Argued January 31, 1977, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR. and MENCER, sitting as a panel of three.


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

This is an appeal by Catherine Heffer (Claimant) from a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the referee's granting of compensation to Claimant due to the death of her husband (Decedent).

As found by the referee, Decedent died of a heart attack shortly after walking a minimum of 450 feet, in below freezing temperatures, across an outdoor gravel parking lot owned by his employer...

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