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OLSEN BODIES v. W.C.A.B. (GAVAS)

132 Pa.Commw. 417 (1990)

573 A.2d 238

OLSEN BODIES, INC. and Travelers Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (GAVAS), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 15, 1990.

Reargument Denied May 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh F. Mundy, Dougherty, Mundy, Levanthal & Price, Kingston, for petitioners.

John R. Lenahan, Jr., Lenahan & Dempsey, P.C., Scranton, for respondents.

Before DOYLE and McGINLEY, JJ., and BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

Olsen Bodies, Inc. (Employer) petitions for review of the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the referee's decision awarding fatal claim benefits to the widow of John C. Gavas (Decedent). We reverse.

On August 14, 1975, Decedent sustained an acute myocardial infarction while doing some heavy lifting for Employer. As a result, Decedent received total disability benefits at

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