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CITY OF SCRANTON FIRE DEPT. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

Nos. 948 and 805 C.D. 1978.

43 Pa.Commw. 151 (1979)

City of Scranton, Department of Fire, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Olga O'Donnell, Widow of Paul O'Donnell, Deceased, Respondents. Olga O'Donnell, Widow of Paul O'Donnell, Deceased, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and City of Scranton, Department of Fire et al., Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lenahan, Jr., with him Lenahan, Dempsey, Murphy & Piazza, for City of Scranton, Department of Fire.

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

Sandra Christianson, Assistant Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 8, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., BLATT and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, May 31, 1979:

Two cases were consolidated here for argument on appeal. In No. 948 C.D. 1978, the City of Scranton (City) appealed from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee's award of benefits to Olga O'Donnell (claimant) pursuant to The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act,1 (Workmen's Compensation Act)....

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