CITY OF N. CASTLE v. W.C.A.B. (SALLIE)

No. 1335 C.D. 1987.

118 Pa.Commw. 51 (1988)

546 A.2d 132

City of New Castle, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Sallie), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

July 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemal Alexander Mericli, with him, Francis E. Pipak, Jr., and Louis C. Long, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebeneck & Eck, for petitioner.

Robert H. Isbell, with him, Charles F. Gilchrest, Routman, Moore, Goldstone & Valentino, for respondent, Earl A. Sallie, Deceased/Nora Lee Sallie, Widow.

Argued March 22, 1988, before Judges MacPHAIL and COLINS, and Senior Judge KALISH, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, July 20, 1988:

The City of New Castle (City) appeals here the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the award of fatal claim benefits rendered by Referee Marvin Luxenberg (Referee) to Nora Lee Sallie (Claimant), widow of Earl A. Sallie (Decedent), on the basis that the Decedent died as a result of a fatal disease he contracted from a co-worker while he was within the course of his employment. We affirm....

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