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GARCIA v. W.C.A.B. (BETHLEHEM ST. CORP.)

503 Pa. 342 (1983)

469 A.2d 585

Marcelino GARCIA, Father of Joseph R. Garcia, Deceased, Appellant, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD and (BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 30, 1983.

Reargument Denied February 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Orloski, Allentown, for appellant.

Michael Shay, Bethlehem, for appellees.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

Opinion of the Court

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

The estate of claimant Marcelino Garcia appealed to this Court from a February 26, 1982 Commonwealth Court order reversing a November 16, 1982 order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board. The Board had set aside a November 7, 1977 referee's decision which had dismissed claimant's fatal claim petition on the basis that the death of the claimant's son was intentionally self-inflicted. Because the Board...

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