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JARVIS v. WORKMEN'S COMP. APPEAL BD.

497 Pa. 379 (1981)

441 A.2d 1189

Laura E. JARVIS, widow of Enos J. Jarvis, Appellant, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD and Elsie M. Jarvis, t/a John J. Jarvis and Phoenix Assurance Company of New York, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 1981.

Rearguments Denied February 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Shein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

David L. Pennington and Roger B. Wood, Philadelphia, for Phoenix Ins. Co.

Lowell A. Reed, Jr., Philadelphia, for Elsie M. Reed, Jr.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court1 which affirmed the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board's reversal of a referee's award of benefits to the appellant, Laura E. Jarvis. The award constituted compensation for the death of Enos J. Jarvis (hereinafter Jarvis), appellant's late husband, who was fatally injured on January 13, 1969, while working within the scope of his...

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