HUGHES v. W.C.A.B. (SALEM T. CO., INC.)

No. 3063 C.D. 1984.

99 Pa.Commw. 457 (1986)

513 A.2d 576

Daniel George Hughes, Deceased, Rebecca Lane Hughes, Widow, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Salem Transportation Co., Inc.), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Girton, Arthur G. Girton, P.C., for petitioner.

Susan McLaughlin, for respondent, Salem Transportation Co., Inc.

Argued June 10, 1986, before Judges MacPHAIL and DOYLE, and Senior Judge ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE ROGERS, August 5, 1986:

Rebecca Lane Hughes (claimant) has filed a petition for review of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reducing the amount of compensation awarded her by a referee for the death of her husband.

The claimant's husband, Daniel George Hughes (decedent), died on July 3, 1977 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident during his work as a limousine driver for the Salem Transportation...

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