FITZPATRICK v. PHILA. ELECTRIC CO. ET AL.

No. 1248 C.D. 1973.

13 Pa.Commw. 1 (1974)

Johanna Fitzpatrick, Widow of Donald J. Fitzpatrick, Appellant, v. Philadelphia Electric Company and Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Gordesky, for appellant.

Thomas F. McDevitt, for appellees.

Argued March 7, 1974, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, March 26, 1974:

Appellant's fatal claim petition was denied by the referee whose findings and conclusions were affirmed by the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board. We must affirm.

Appellant's decedent died on June 24, 1967, while working on a ladder installing a secondary electrical service to a new customer of the appellee. Appellant contends that the death was the result of a compensable accident in that the death was caused either...

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