DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY v. W.C.A.B.


742 A.2d 221 (1999)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (SURGEST), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Kuzma, Harrisburg, for petitioner.

James B. Hudzik, Pittsburgh, for respondent.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, PELLEGRINI, J., and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.


DOYLE, President Judge.

The Bureau of Workers' Compensation (Bureau) appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming an order of a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) which had granted the fatal claim petition of Eva Surgest (Widow), the widow of Earl C. Surgest, and also granted the claim petition of Earl C. Surgest (Claimant) filed under Section 301(i) of the Occupational Disease Act.1

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