SNYDER v. W.C.A.B. (U.S. STEEL CORP.)

No. 1229 C.D. 1985.

98 Pa.Commw. 62 (1986)

510 A.2d 899

John W. Snyder, Deceased, Geraldine T. Snyder, Widow, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (United States Steel Corporation), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay D. Glasser, Hollinshead and Mendelson, for petitioner.

Louis A. Raimond, with him, Robert C. Jones, for respondent, United States Steel Corporation.

Before Judges MacPHAIL, DOYLE and BARRY, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE BARRY, June 10, 1986:

This appeal results from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which reversed the order of a referee assessing attorneys' fees for unreasonable contest against the employer, U.S. Steel Corporation (employer).

The present controversy was initiated when the claimant, Geraldine Snyder, filed a fatal claim petition alleging that her husband, an...

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