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U. S. STEEL CORP. v. W. C. A. B. ET AL.

No. 41 C.D. 1980.

55 Pa.Commw. 250 (1980)

United States Steel Corporation, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Wilma C. Repko, Widow of Joseph C. Repko, Deceased, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Strader, with him Robert C. Jones, for petitioner.

Jay D. Glasser, for respondents.

Argued November 20, 1980, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MacPHAIL and WILLIAMS, JR., sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., December 11, 1980:

This appeal arises from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee's decision awarding survival benefits and attorney's fees to Wilma C. Repko (claimant). We affirm the granting of benefits but reverse the award of attorney's fees.

Decedent was employed by petitioner (employer) as an overhead crane operator. His job required him to remove the lid from a box-shaped furnace...

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