S AND S ASSOC. v. W. C. A. B. (HOCHMAN)

No. 2051 C.D. 1982.

77 Pa.Commw. 11 (1983)

S and S Associates, Inc. and Excelsior Insurance Company, Petitioners v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Hochman), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Pennington, with him Susan McLaughlin, Harvey, Pennington, Herting & Renneisen, Ltd., for petitioners.

Gerald J. Haas, for respondent, Sylvia Hochman, widow of Seymour Hochman.

Submitted on briefs June 6, 1983, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges DOYLE and BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE DOYLE, September 1, 1983:

This is an appeal of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee's award on a Fatal Claim Petition in favor of Sylvia Hochman, the widow of Seymour Hochman. We reverse.

This case arises out of the fatal shooting of Seymour Hochman on September 25, 1975.1 The record indicates that Seymour and...

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