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THOMPSON v. W.C.A.B. (SWATARA COAL CO.).

No. 1679 C.D. 1981.

71 Pa.Commw. 546 (1983)

Elizabeth Thompson, Widow of Lamar Thompson, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Swatara Coal Company and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

February 3, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Ellwood, with him Lester Krasno, for petitioner.

Timothy G. Lenahan, Lenahan & Dempsey, P.C., for respondent, Swatara Coal Company.

Lisa Roth, Assistant Counsel, for respondent, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board.

Argued September 16, 1982, before Judges BLATT, WILLIAMS, JR. and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, February 3, 1983:

Elizabeth Thompson (claimant) seeks reversal of the order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which denied her compensation for the death of her husband, Lamar Thompson. She alleges two errors: 1) that the referee and the Board incorrectly found that there was no unequivocal medical testimony that her husband died as a result of his occupational disease and, 2) that she has met her burden of proof in establishing...

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