STINER v. W.C.A.B. (HARMAR COAL CO.)

No. 300 C.D. 1986.

106 Pa.Commw. 30 (1987)

525 A.2d 465

Helen Stiner, Widow of Elmer J. Stiner, Deceased, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Harmar Coal Company), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Hendricks, Tarasi, Tierney & Johnson, P.C. for petitioner.

Wanda Whare, Assistant Counsel, for respondent.

Beth S. Kromer, with her, George H. Thompson, Paul E. Sutter, Tillman & Thompson, for respondent.

Argued March 26, 1987, before Judges MacPHAIL and COLINS, and Senior Judge BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, May 7, 1987:

Helen Stiner (Petitioner) petitions for our review of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed a referee's decision and dismissed the fatal claim petition she had filed following the death of her husband, Elmer Stiner (Decedent). We affirm.

Petitioner filed a fatal claim petition following her husband's death on February 21, 1980 in which she alleged that his death resulted from coal...

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