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KRAWCHUK v. PHILADELPHIA ELEC. CO.

497 Pa. 115 (1981)

439 A.2d 627

Rosemarie KRAWCHUK, Widow of John Krawchuk, Appellant, v. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 1981.

Reargument Denied January 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Ring, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Thomas F. McDevitt, Philadelphia, for Philadelphia Electric Co.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

John Krawchuk died of a heart attack (myocardial infarction) at his home shortly after midnight on May 10, 1973. He had been employed for twenty-seven years as an electrical engineer with the Philadelphia Electric Company, the appellee.

Rosemarie Krawchuk, his widow and the appellant herein, filed a petition for workmen's compensation death benefits alleging the decedent's heart attack was "due to excessive strain and pressure...

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