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WJAC, INC. ET AL. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 294 C.D. 1978.

39 Pa.Commw. 488 (1979)

WJAC, Inc. and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Insurance Carrier, Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Edward & Margaret Verprauskus, Parents of John, Deceased, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Keisling, with him Will & Keisling, for petitioners.

Patrick A. Gleason, with him Gleason, DiFrancesco, Shahade & Markovitz, for respondents.

Argued November 2, 1978, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., BLATT and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, January 3, 1979:

WJAC, Inc. (employer) and its insurer, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, appeal to us from a decision of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee's award of death benefits to the surviving parents of John Verprauskus (decedent).

The Board and referee found that the decedent was killed in a job-related accident and this is not disputed in the appeal. The sole issue for our...

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