BIDDLE v. W.C.A.B. (THOMAS MEKIS & SONS)


539 Pa. 343 (1995)

652 A.2d 807

Anna BIDDLE, Widow of John Biddle, Deceased, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (THOMAS MEKIS & SONS, INC.) Appeal of THOMAS MEKIS & SONS, INC.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward K. Dixon, David F. Ryan, Zimmer, Kunz, Loughren, Hart, Lazaroff, Trenor, Banyas & Conaway, P.C., Pittsburgh, for appellant.

John R. Seltzer, New Castle, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court which reversed the Order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and reinstated the referee's grant of benefits pursuant to a fatal claim petition filed by Appellee, Anna Biddle, the widow of the decedent. We granted allocatur limited to the issue of whether the circumstances of the decedent's employment support a conclusion that the decedent had "no fixed place...

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