CITY OF NEW CASTLE v. W.C.A.B. ET AL.

No. 3065 C.D. 1980.

65 Pa.Commw. 25 (1982)

City of New Castle, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Harry DeCarbo, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Murdoch, Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, for petitioner.

Thomas M. Piccione, Gamble, Verterano, Mojock, Piccione & Green, for respondents.

Argued October 8, 1981, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges BLATT and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, February 25, 1982:

The petitioner, the City of New Castle, appeals an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee's determination that the claimant, Harry DeCarbo, suffered a work-related heart attack which was compensable under Section 301(c) of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act.1

The claimant had been employed by the petitioner as a fireman for approximately...

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