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FORTSON v. CRIME VIC. COMP. BD.

No. 3652 C.D. 1984.

98 Pa.Commw. 272 (1986)

512 A.2d 734

Edna F. Fortson, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Crime Victim's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn L. Gaines, for petitioner.

Amy Zapp, Deputy Attorney General, with her, Allen C. Warshaw, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Chief Litigation Section, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General, for respondent.

Argued September 12, 1985, before Judges CRAIG and MacPHAIL, and Senior Judge BLATT, sitting as a panel of three. Reargued May 14, 1986, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR., and Judges CRAIG, MacPHAIL, DOYLE, BARRY, COLINS and PALLADINO.

OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, June 19, 1986:

Edna Fortson appeals an order of the Crime Victim's Compensation Board which denied her claim for benefits based on its conclusion that Fortson was ineligible to receive compensation for her husband's homicide because the total amount payable to her from other sources as a result of the crime offset and exceeded the award for out-of-pocket expenses and loss of support for which she otherwise would have been eligible under section...

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