CROWN, C. & S. CORP. v. W.C.A.B. (SAVINI)

Nos. 765 C.D. 1987 and 938 C.D. 1987.

117 Pa.Commw. 242 (1988)

543 A.2d 603

Crown, Cork and Seal Corporation, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Savini), Respondents. Carlo Savini, Deceased, Mary Savini, Widow, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Crown, Cork & Seal and Insurance Company of North America), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Lowry, Swartz, Campbell & Detweiler, for petitioner, Crown, Cork & Seal Corporation.

John J. Duffy, III, with him, Donald J.P. Sweeney, Bernard E. Kueny, III, Sweeney, Sheehan & Spencer, for respondent, Savini.

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


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE NARICK, June 23, 1988:

Crown, Cork and Seal, Inc. (Employer) initiated this workmen's compensation proceeding by filing a termination petition on June 28, 1978, alleging that the work-related injury Carlo Savini (Claimant) had sustained on January 11, 1978 had terminated as of June 9, 1978, the date he was examined by Employer's physician. During the pendency of that proceeding, Claimant suffered a fatal heart attack. His widow filed a fatal...

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