BLEY v. COM., DEPT. OF LABOR & INDUSTRY


484 Pa. 365 (1979)

399 A.2d 119

Catherine M. BLEY, Widow of Walter Leroy Bley, Deceased, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Tinucci, Media, Cronin, Emuryan & Roger D. Michael Emuryan, Folsom, for appellant.

Mary Ellen Krober, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.


OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On April 22, 1971, appellant's husband, a voluntary fireman in the Collingdale Fire Company for over twelve years, responded with other members of said fire company to a fire. While fighting this fire, appellant's husband collapsed and he subsequently was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. The cause of death was a coronary occlusion brought on by exposure to fire and by the excitement...

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