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HOFFMAN v. PA. CRIME VICTIM'S COMP. BD.

No. 1539 C.D. 1978.

46 Pa.Commw. 54 (1979)

Dorothy Hoffman, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Crime Victim's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Leventon, with him William R. Ellis, and Leventon & Leventon, P.C., for appellant.

Sally A. Lied, Deputy Attorney General, with her J. Andrew Smyser, Deputy Attorney General, and Gerald Gornish, Acting Attorney General, for appellee.

Argued May 11, 1979, before Judges MENCER, ROGERS and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, September 17, 1979:

At approximately 4 p.m. on January 18, 1977, David Hoffman, husband of Dorothy Hoffman, sustained a gunshot wound of his chest during a robbery at his place of business and died shortly thereafter of injuries caused by the shooting.

On January 10, 1978, Dorothy Hoffman (claimant) filed a death claim with the Crime Victim's Compensation Board (Board). On April 5, 1978, the Board denied compensation relative to the...

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