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WORKMEN'S COMP. v. BERNARD S. PINCUS CO.

479 Pa. 286 (1978)

388 A.2d 659

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD and Josephine Squillacioti, widow of Vincent P. Squillacioti, Deceased, Appellees, v. BERNARD S. PINCUS COMPANY, Appellant. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Margaret E. Lenz, widow of Raymond Lenz, Deceased, Appellees, v. AYERS PHILADELPHIA, INC. and Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 2, 1978.

Reargument July 7, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McElvenny, Michael P. McKenna, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Frank J. Eustace, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellees.

David F. Kaliner, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Modell, Pincus, Hahn & Reich, Jerry Zaslow, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MANDERINO, Justice.

These two Workmen's Compensation appeals involve identical questions of whether the fatal heart attacks suffered by claimants' decedents were "injuries" "related" to their employment so as to be compensable under The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act, 77 P.S. § 1 et seq. The facts are undisputed in each case and are as follows.

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