BRIND LEASING v. W.C.A.B. (DOUGHERTY)


137 Pa.Commw. 65 (1990)

584 A.2d 1102

BRIND LEASING CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (DOUGHERTY), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo L. Scaricamazza, Jr., Naulty, Scaricamazza & McDevitt, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Edward C. Mintzer, Jr., with him, John M. Skrocki, McWilliams and Mintzer, P.C., Philadelphia, for respondent, Joanne Dougherty.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, and PELLEGRINI, J., and CRUMLISH, Senior Judge.


OPINION

CRUMLISH, Jr., Senior Judge.

Brind Leasing Corporation (Brind) appeals a Workemen's Compensation Appeal Board (Board) order which upheld a referee's decision awarding benefits to Joanne Dougherty, the widow of Thomas Dougherty, pursuant to her fatal claim petition. Section 301(c) of The Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act. The Board also upheld the award of attorney's fees.1 We affirm in part and reverse in part....

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