CYGA v. W.C.A.B. (SHADE MINING CO.)

No. 1165 C.D. 1986.

105 Pa.Commw. 544 (1987)

524 A.2d 1078

Bonnie L. Cyga, Widow of Joseph M. Cyga, Deceased, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Shade Mining Company), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Rodgers, Rodgers, Rodgers, Morava and Cullis, P.C., for petitioner.

George Thompson, with him, Paul E. Sutter, Tillman & Thompson, for respondents.

Before Judges CRAIG and DOYLE, and Senior Judge NARICK, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE DOYLE, April 30, 1987:

Bonnie L. Cyga (Claimant) has filed a petition for review of an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) denying her death benefits following the death of her former husband, Joseph M. Cyga (Decedent). We affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. Claimant and Decedent were married on August 21, 1971. This bond was severed by a Decree of Divorce entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County on March...

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