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ALLIED CHEM. CORP. v. WORK. COMP. A. BD.

No. 208 C.D. 1974.

15 Pa.Commw. 195 (1974)

Allied Chemical Corporation and Travelers Insurance Co., Appellants, v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Carmella Di Paolo, Widow of Armando Di Paolo, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Murphy, with him Murphy, Murphy & Murphy, for appellants.

Robert F. Pappano, with him James N. Diefenderfer and Pappano and Pappano, for appellees.

Argued July 31, 1974, before Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and ROGERS, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, August 29, 1974:

Claimant-appellee's decedent died of a myocardial infarction (heart attack) on November 2, 1967. The referee made the following finding of fact: "2. The nature and cause of the injury and death were the aggravation of a pre-existing arteriosclerotic heart disease when, while on a ladder, attempting to make repairs to an overhead door in defendant's plant, a heavy wire cable broke loose as he touched the shiv, whipped around...

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