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JOHNSON v. W.C.A.B. (JONES & L. STEEL CO.)

No. 348 C.D. 1986.

107 Pa.Commw. 164 (1987)

527 A.2d 638

Hazel K. Johnson, Widow of Robert E. Johnson, Deceased, Petitioner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation), Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

June 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Quatrini, Jr., for petitioner.

David M. McCloskey, with him, Ronald Ganassi, Will, Keisling, Ganassi & McCloskey, for respondent.

Submitted on briefs May 21, 1987, to Judges MacPHAIL and COLINS, and Senior Judge NARICK, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, June 29, 1987:

Hazel K. Johnson (Claimant), widow of Robert E. Johnson (Decedent), appeals from the denial of her fatal claim petition. Both the referee and the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) concluded that Claimant had failed to meet her burden of proving that an occupational disease was a substantial contributing factor in Decedent's death.1 We affirm.

Prior to his death, Decedent had received...

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